{"id":15,"date":"2020-03-30T13:31:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T18:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2020-12-16T12:58:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T17:58:03","slug":"prior-to-1820","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/","title":{"rendered":"Prior To 1820"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prior to 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts.  Access was by river systems with the main rivers flowing south.  The main pathways to northern Maine were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Travel up the St John River<\/li><li>Travel up the Penobscot River taking the East Branch toward Staceyville, or taking the West Branch to portages leading to the Allagash and Aroostook Rivers.<\/li><li>Travel up the Kennebec River to Moosehead Lake going across Northeast Carry to the West Branch of the Penobscot River, then portage to the Aroostook River or Allagash River<\/li><li>Travel from the St Lawrence River to Temisquata Lake then down to the St John River<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/mitchell-map-of-1755\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/mitchell-map-of-1755\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mitchell Map of 1755<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/treaty-of-peace-1783\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/treaty-of-peace-1783\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Treaty of Peace 1783<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/treaty-of-1794\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/treaty-of-1794\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Treaty of 1794, Jay&#8217;s Treaty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/maine-map-1795\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/maine-map-1795\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maine Map 1795<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/bouchettes-topographical-description-of-lower-canada-1815\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/bouchettes-topographical-description-of-lower-canada-1815\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bouchette&#8217;s Topographical Description of Lower Canada 1815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/1817-1820-surveys\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/1817-1820-surveys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1817-1820 Surveys<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/treaty-of-ghent-1814\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/aroostook.pilib.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/prior-to-1820\/treaty-of-ghent-1814\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Treaty of Ghent 1814<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts. Access was by river systems with the main rivers flowing south. 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