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GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part III, 



hay, tons, 3,4'^2 ; sugar, lbs. 21,076 ; wool, 

 9,VJ7. Population, 1,216. 



LoNo Pond. Sec Glover. 



Lowell, a post town in the western 

 part of Orleans county, is in lat. 44° 47' 

 and long. 4° 21', and is bounded north by 

 Troy, Westfield, Coventry gore and a 

 part of Montgomery, southeast by Iras- 

 burgh and Albany, southwest by Eden 

 and Belvidere, and westerly by Avery's 

 gore. It lies 36 miles north from Mont- 

 pelier, and 42 northeast from Burlington, 

 It was granted March 5, 1787, and char- 

 tered to John Kelly, by the name of Kel- 

 ly vale, June 7, 1791, containing 39,000 

 acres. November 1, 1831, the name was 

 altered to Lowell. During the revolu- 

 tionary war Col. Hazen, attempting to 

 open a road from Connecticut river to St. 

 Johns in Canada, proceeded with a part 

 of his regiment as far as this township, and 

 encamped, for some days, on the flat near 

 the Missisco river. The road was made 

 passable from Peacham to this place, and 

 was cut but not cleared several miles fur- 

 ther. The first permanent settlement 

 was made here by Maj. Wm. Caldwell, 

 in April, 1806. The town was organized 

 March 31 , 1812, and Abel Curtis was first 

 town clerk. Asaliel Curtis was the first 

 representative, and Wm. Caldwell, Asliael 

 Curtis and John Harding, the first select- 

 men. The first com])any of Militia was 

 organized in Junp, 1819, and commanded 

 by Capt. Horatio Walker. The Missisco 

 river originates in a small pond nearly on 

 the line between this township and Eden, 

 and, taking a northerly course and receiv- 

 ing a number of considerable tributaries, 

 enters Westfield near its southeast corner. 

 Several of these tributaries are suflicient 

 for mills, and the river is increased by 

 them to considerable magnitude, forming 

 meadows of considerable extent and fertil- 

 ity, before leaving the township. Al- 

 though encompassed by mountains on all 

 sides, except the northeast, much of the 

 township is handsome land, easy to till 

 and generally productive. It is timbered 

 mostly with hard wood, with some tracts 

 of spruce and hemlock, and on the flats 

 now and then a valuable pine. At the 

 gr^st mill of Asahel Curtis near the cen- 

 tre of the township, the whole river pas- 

 ses through a hole in tiie solid rock. This 

 natural Bridge is situated at the foot of a 

 fall in the river of about ten feet. The 

 top of the bridge is about three feet wide, 

 and the same distance from the surface of 

 the water, and under it the water is 15 

 feet deep. A range of serpentine passes 

 through this township in a northeasterly 

 direction, and tiiroughthe corner of West- 

 field into Troy. Tlie timberon this ranoe 



is almost exclusively spruce and hemlock. 

 The serpentine is accompanied \vith beau- 

 tiful, precious serpentine and an abundance 

 of very fine asbestus and amianthus. The 

 river passes through the range and also the 

 principal road leading from Craftsbury to 

 Montreal, near the centre of the township, 

 where the serpentine forms a considerable 

 precipice. Near the line between Low- 

 ell and Westfield, and but a few rods from 

 the road leading to Troy, the serpentine 

 forms another bluff, called Serpentine hill. 

 At both these places asbestus is plenty, 

 Clilorite, and chlorite slate are common, 

 and also an inferior species of steatite, or 

 soapstone. Bitter spar of a fine quality, 

 talc and magnetic iron are found in con- 

 nexion with the serpentine. Pudding stone 

 is found on the bank of the Missisco river. 

 The best road from Burlington to Stan- 

 stead passes through this town. There 

 is a pleasant little village near the centre 

 from which there is a fine view of Hazen 'a 

 Notch. The town contains 2 stores, 1 

 grist and 3 saw mills. — Statistics of 1840. 

 Horses, 72 ; cattle, 584 ; sheep, 1,074 ; 

 swine, 348; wheat, bus. 591 ; barley, 96; 

 oats, 2,444 ; rye, 299 ; buckwheat, 1,610; 

 Indian corn, 397; potatoes, 22,417; hay, 

 tons, 1,084; sugar, lbs. 14,635; wool, 

 2,107. Populatior, 431. 



Ludlow, a post town situated in the 

 southwestern part of Windsor county, 

 borders on the west upon the Green 

 Mountains, and contains within its limits 

 the eastern declivity of a lofty summit 

 known as the "Centre Mountain." It 

 is bounded north by Plymouth, east by 

 Cavendish and Chester, south by Ando- 

 ver and Weston, and its western line pas- 

 ses for about nine miles along the ridge of 

 highlands which separate Windsor and 

 Rutland counties, and form the boundary 

 between Ludlow and Mount Holly. The 

 town is irregular in its form, the greatest 

 length being from north to south, and the 

 extreme width from east to west, south of 

 the centre, and contains about 30 square 

 miles. As originally chartered it embra- 

 ced the eastern halfof whatis now Mount 

 Holly, which, with the eastern half of 

 Wallingford, was afterwards made a sep- 

 arate township. The charter bears date 

 Sept. 16, 1761, but no attempt was made 

 at commencing a settlement until 1784-5, 

 when Josiah and Jesse Fletcher, Simeon 

 Read, and James Whitney, emigrants 

 from Massachusetts, removed within the 

 limits of the township, and began their 

 clearings upon the alluvial flats bordering 

 upon Black River. The only relics of 

 Indian ownership ever discovered within 

 the town are those common throughout 

 the state. No remarkable events or 



