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About 'black horse inn maine'|The times, they are a'changin'







About 'black horse inn maine'|The times, they are a'changin'








THE               MAMU               My               grandfather               originally               had               lakefront               property               in               a               little               town               called               Danforth               Maine.

Here               is               where               he               spent               his               winters               away               from               the               very               busy               hustle               and               bustle               of               his               Baltimore               home               construction               business.
               He               would               leave               the               brash               Baltimore               winters               where               four               inches               of               snow               was               considered               a               blizzard,               just               to               drive               for               18               hours               straight,               to               end               up               where               there               was               eight               feet               of               snow               and               sheets               of               "black               ice".

Here               he               would               work               fifteen               hours               a               day,               giving               hunting               and               guide               tours               to               weary               travelers.

He               would               run               the               big               lodge,               and               entertain.

My               grandmother               would               cook.

My               mother               had               the               joy               of               cleaning               the               cabins,               all               of               which               my               grandfather               built               with               his               own               two               hands.

They               called               it               the               MAMU,               and               though               his               days               were               full               of               shoveling               and               plowing,               something               about               being               in               the               middle               of               nowhere               calmed               him.
               Though               the               buildings               are               still               there               my               grandmother               sold               the               property               years               ago.

I               still               go               and               look               at               the               original               camps,               so               well               built               they               have               survived               so               many               hard               winters.

I               imagine               seeing               my               grandfather               walking               from               camp               to               camp               to               check               in               on               his               visitors.

The               property               is               now               called               Living               Waters               and               is               put               to               good               use
               DANFORTH,               DESTINATION               NOWHERE
               By               way               of               car,               Danforth               is               about               90               miles               North               of               Bangor.

If               you               take               back               roads               for               a               swirling               forty-five               minutes               from               the               Lincoln,               Maine               exit,               you'll               find               it.

It's               one               of               those               rides               in               the               back               woods               where               you               keep               asking,               "Are               we               there               yet?"
               Each               time               I               go               there               I               wonder               how               anyone               could               have               ever               found               this               place.

Something               however               kept               drawing               me               back.

I               suppose               it's               in               my               blood.
               Situated               off               Route               1,               in               the               northwest               area               of               Washington               county,               this               small               down               dates               back               to               the               time               of               Thomas               Danforth               who               was               born               in               1622               and               died               in               1699.

Thomas               Danforth               was               an               important               person               in               New               England               history,               being               Deputy               Governor               of               Massachusetts               In               1679.

He               was               even               a               judge               in               the               Salem               Witch               Trials.
               Danforth               took               it's               name               from               Thomas               Danforth,               though               the               first               settler               didn't               arrive               until               1829-1830               ending               up               in               a               place               known               as               Morse               Farm.

Thriving               by               1860               Danforth               was               incorporated               and               almost               had               300               residents.

Between               1870               through               1920               business               flourished.

The               intercontenential               railway               ran               right               through               the               town               of               Danforth,               and               lumber               mills               and               businesses               were               popping               up               everywhere.

You               could               say,               at               that               time,               it               was               at               it's               peak.
               ECONOMIC               MELTDOWN               LEAVES               TOWN               IN               RUINS
               Fast               foward               to               now.

To               really               understand               the               dilemma               you               must               firt               go               to               the               Cornerstone               Inn               (Restaurant               on               Depot               St),               one               of               the               earlier               historic               buildings               in               the               town               which               still               serves               food               and               has               been               well               maintained.

On               the               walls               you               see               the               town               of               Danforth               in               it's               full               spendor,               photos               of               main               street               and               yesteryear.

Buildings               with               absolutely               wonderful               architecture,               just               as               the               town               hall               stands               restored               to               it's               splendor,               once               all               the               buildings               were               cared               about               too.
               A               quick               walk               outside               and               around               the               corner               brings               you               to               the               barren               main               street               of               Danforth,               which               is               essentially               a               block               long.

One               grocer,               the               town               hall,               library               and               town               office               remains.

Other               stores               are               in               and               out,               an               antique               store               is               a               welcome               addition               and               a               small               cafe               has               changed               hands               probably               ten               times               or               more.

Other               places               are               boarded               up,               closed               or               town               town.
               I               think               of               so               many               years               ago               and               imagine               the               people               walking               thru               the               town               and               how               hustly               and               bustly               this               one               horse               strip               was.

I               see               the               people               smiling               and               laughing               and               then               I               snap               back               into               reality.

No               one               is               smiling,               this               is               no               tourist               trap,               this               is               the               ruins               of               years               of               economic               despair.

This               town               is               half               of               a               memory.
               Last               year               one               of               the               old               buildings               was               torn               down               to               make               extra               room               for               parking               at               the               cafe,               only               because               it               was               so               far               gone               it               would               have               cost               more               to               fix               it               than               to               rebuild               it.

The               Bragdon's               General               Store               which               proudly               stands               on               the               corner               is               boarded               up.

Memories               of               visiting               my               grandfather's               friends               when               I               was               a               child               still               remain.

Now,               it               stands               with               groceries               left               on               the               shelves,               and               the               original               linseed               oil               floors               are               nearly               ruined               from               the               dampness               that               has               set               in               from               years               of               non-use.

With               one               grocer               in               the               block,               another               is               not               needed.
               I               want               to               scream               and               yell               in               the               middle               of               the               street,               "Somebody               help!

Help               get               this               town               back               on               track               again.

Where               is               Extreme               Makeover               TOWN               EDITION?"               Unfortunately               no               one               would               hear               me,               much               less               pay               any               attention               if               they               did.

Townspeople               are               working               their               butts               off               just               to               make               ends               meet,               if               they               aren't               they               are               living               on               government               assistance.

They               don't               have               time               to               worry               about               a               part               of               history               that               is               long               gone.
               Historical               grants               are               all               over               the               place,               but               in               a               town               of               just               over               600               people               in               the               2000               census,               that               may               be               around               723               now               (if               you               count               us               part               year               visitors               who               have               a               camp               or               cabin               there)               chances               to               get               the               money               or               someone               to               care               and               do               something               about               it               is               few               and               far               between.

I'm               not               saying               the               townspeople               don't               care,               I               see               some               work               being               done               in               the               town               and               they               take               great               pride               in               preserving               theTown               Hall               and               LIbrary.

After               all,               it               takes               money               to               do               things.

I               heard               a               repair               to               the               town               hall               clock               was               quite               costly.
               When               I               went               to               upstate               New               York               last               year               for               research,               I               went               through               a               lot               of               small               podunk               towns.

What               I               noticed               was               all               of               them               were               historically               important,               and               people               in               NY               took               great               pride               in               fixing               them               up               and               rehabilitating               the               main               street.

Where               is               the               money               coming               from?

If               there               is               money               in               podunk               towns               in               NY               why               isn't               there               money               in               podunk               towns               in               Maine?

Are               there               more               historical               grants               in               NY               than               in               Maine?

Or               perhaps               should               I               get               off               my               butt               and               start               applying?
               I               stand               here               in               my               tiny               town               of               Danforth               and               look               around.

The               locals               sometimes               give               me               cold               reception               because               I'm               an               "out               of               towner"               and               "not               a               real               Mainer"               and               I               don't               say               "PAAAAACCCKKK               the               CAAAA"               or               "AYA",               but               that               doesn't               mean               I               don't               love               Maine               as               much               or               more               than               they               do.

What               is               sad               is               that               I               seem               to               be               the               only               one               who               is               really               worried               about               it.

Strangely,               they               spend               more               time               worrying               about               windmills               aka               alternative               energy               popping               up               all               over--worried               about               the               way               they               look.

Perhaps               they               need               to               worry               about               the               way               their               town               looks!~
               I               plan               someday               to               do               something               about               it,               it's               on               my               list               of               things               to               do               before               I               die.

Perhaps               form               a               town               based               historical               society               and               raise               money               from               anyone               willing               to               give.
               In               the               meantime,               if               I               sent               you               a               postcard               it               would               read:
               Hello               ,
               From               Nowhere,               it's               me.
               I               wish               I               could               say               the               town               of               Danforth               is               beautiful.
               I               stick               to               the               lake               and               the               sky               and               trees               and               surroundings.
               For               they,               are               still               untouched               by               man.
               That               is               the               true               beauty.
               The               rest               is               just               plain               sad.






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