1958 Map of Amity

About this map

Estabrook Settlement and Wilcox Settlement anchor this portrait of Aroostook County’s eastern frontier during the late 1950s. The landscape is defined by the international boundary, where United States Canada monuments mark the edge of the wilderness. Community life is meticulously detailed through a network of rural schoolhouses, including Smith Sch, Skedgell Sch, and the South Amity Sch, alongside the Grange Hall in North Amity. These labels imply a dispersed but organized agricultural society relying on local hubs. To the west, the terrain rises toward Mitchel Mtn, where a Lookout Tower stands watch over the drainage basins of the South Branch Meduxnekeag River and the Mattawamkeag River. The map also captures several family-named burial grounds like Estabrook Cem and Wilcox Cem, offering specific data points for genealogists tracing these specific lineages in the borderlands.