History of Sedgwick, Maine
From
A Gazetteer of the
State of Maine
By Geo. J. Varney
Published by B. B. Russell, 57 Cornhill,
Boston 1886
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Sedgwick is situated in the south-western part of Hancock
County, having Bluehill on the north-east, Brooksville on the northwest, Brooklin on the south-east, and Eggemoggin
Reach (a part of Penobscot Bay) on the south-west. The area is about 14,000 acres. There are two or more ponds
in the northern part of the town connected with Bagaduce River. The streams are Sargent’s, Frost’s Pond Stream
Thurston Brook, Black Brook, Camp Stream, and Benjamin River, —all of a size to carry mills. The latter is a tide-power.
Benjamin’s River and Sargent’s Stream each has a grist-mill and the other saw mills. Other manufactures are ship
building, tanning and cooperage. Sedgwick has two companies—Eagle Brook Silver and Eggemoggin Silver engaged in
mining argentiferous galena. The latter has a capital of $200,000, and reduction works were erected a few years
since at a cost of $40,000. The villages are Sedgwick, Sargentville, and North Sedwick. The town is about 24 miles
south-westerly of Ellsworth, and is the stage line to Bucksport, which terminates at Sargentville. The town has
two excellent harbors. The surface is broken and ledgy. The underlying rock is granite. A large part of the town
is suitable for sheep-grazing rather than for cultivation. Along the shore of Eggemoggin Reach, from Sedwick to
Sargentville, the soil is easy of cultivation and quite productive. A large part of the occupation of the inhabitants
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