Tidbits of History - Piscataquis County

Last updated 02-Apr-01

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"Indians from Indian Point were marooned in town for one week and stayed in what was then known as the Long Barn at the now Erwin and Erma Small house on Main Street, because of a snow storm in late October." - [1886]
"A tribe of Indians called Kickapoos pitched tents down by Tarr's (now John Durham House). They gave free entertainment every night and sold Indian medicine in the summer of 1888." - from the journal of Miss Sadie Emerson.)
"In 1922, there were quite a number of summer cottages situated at Indian Point. This land was given by Eben and Lucy Bray in 1890, when a corporation was formed and lots were laid out. An Indian family whose name was 'Rain-in-the-Face' were the last to live on Indian Point."

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