Wells has a history as fascinating as it is long. Blessed with tremendous natural resources; this enticing place attracted native people and then European fishermen and traders long before Edmund Littlefield established the first permanent mills on the banks of the Webhannet River in 1640. Wells incorporated in 1653 as Maine�s third town; and since then more than thirteen generations of New Englanders have nurtured their families by reaping the waves of the Atlantic or toiling on the furrows of their farms. The early settlers were independent Yankees striving to make a living; but they created small communities grouped around the traditional institutions of the blacksmith shop; the store; the church; and the one-room school.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. AMAZING LOOK BACKBy PJBWonderful pictures of a town I grew up in and stories I would have never known and didnt prior to reading. My family moved to Wlfd in 1950 - just about the time this book ends it story - so it was interesting to see what they moved to compared to what I remember being born 10 yrs later and growing up there.Wonderful!2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. NiceBy Philip G. ParkerThis has some really nice pictures from around the turn of the last century. I was hoping for a little more from the later 1800s. But no luck. Still. its interesting to see what the town was like back then. Now I just need to make it to the present day Wallingford and look around the old hometown that I never knew.
