Historical Sketches of the Discovery, Settlement, And Progress of Events in ...
Historical Sketches of the Discovery, Settlement, And Progress of Events in ...
Grant Powers
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, January 29, 1764, came into this town. He came with his father to Thetford in 1766 ; in 1769, he moved into Pier- mont ; and in 1771, he came into Bradford, at which time there were but ten families in the town. Esquire Peters relates that the first grist-mill in the town was built by John Peters, in 1772, and that it stood on the south side of Wait's River, just above the bridge on the great river road. The first saw- mill was built by Benjamin Baldwin, Esq. , in 1774, and stood on Wait's Ri...ver, where Baldwin's mills now stand, or did stand, a few years since. Esquire Peters relates a long-standing tradition, which went to account for the name Wait being given to the OF THE C008 COUNTRY. 163 principal river of Bradford. It states that a man by the name of Wait belonged to Col. Rogers' party, which marched to the St. Francois in 1759; that this man and some others, in their hasty retreat, came upon the northern branch of Wait's River, and in a famishing state, they followed down this river in quest of game.
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