The Voice of Getchell
Life "In Behind the Mountain" early 1900s
Carroll, Maine
While you won’t find In Behind the Mountain on any historical documents, three or four generations of Maine residents once called it home from the mid-1800s to early to 1900s.
The tiny settlement In Behind the Mountain was aptly named as it was nestled in the shadows of Getchell, Bald, and Bowers Mountains near the shores of Mill Privilege Lake in Carroll, Maine. |
It is here that experienced lumbermen set off to work in the dense forest, cutting timber and transporting it through a series of waterways until it reached the watershed of the St Croix River where it was driven to the mill in Milltown. Meanwhile, women and children manned the fort at home tending to the farms and livestock. In The Voice of Getchell: Life "In Behind the Mountain" early 1900s, you will learn about
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