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'''Riceville '''(also known as Hancock Tannery and Thirty-Nine Tannery)<ref name=":3" /> is a [[ghost town]] in [[East Hancock, Maine]], specifically in Township 39 Middle Division.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url = http://bangordailynews.com/2009/10/30/news/bangor/bangor-ghost-hunters-probe-site-of-former-tannery-town/|title = Bangor Ghost Hunters probe site of former tannery town|last = Gagnon|first = Dawn|date = 30 Oct 2009|work = Bangor Daily News|accessdate = 11 Dec 2014}}</ref> It was once home to a [[Tanning (leather)#Vegetable tanning|bark extract works]] owned by F. Shaw and Brothers Company, which owned many tanneries in the state of [[Maine]].<ref>Deed of Sale from George Nixon Black to F. Shaw and Brothers, 11 November 1879, Hancock County, Maine, Book 167, page 393. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.</ref> Later, the extract works was bought by James Rice and transferred to his company, Buzzell and Rice Tanning, which converted the plant into a tannery and began manufacturing sole [[leather]] from buffalo hides for [[shoemaking]] out of the township.<ref>Maine Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. N.p.: n.p., 1896, n.d. Print.</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> Eventually Buzzell and Rice transferred the land back to Rice as an individual and he formed a new company, Hancock Leather, after which he began manufacturing sole leather once again.<ref>Deed of Sale from James Rice to Buzzell and Rice Tanning Company, 30 November 1898, Hancock County, Maine, Book 330, page 284. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.</ref><ref>Deed of Sale from Buzzell & Rice Tanning Company to James Rice, 4 October 1900, Hancock County, Maine, Book 356, page 43. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.</ref><ref>Deed of Sale from James Rice and wife to Hancock Leather Company, 16 August 1902, Hancock County, Maine, Book 381, page 117. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.</ref> The community which sprang up around the tannery was home to 136 residents in 1890, eventually declining to 75 residents in 1900.<ref>Maine Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. "Populations by Cities, Towns, Plantations and Unorganized Places in the State of Maine; Hancock County; Township 39." Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. N.p.: n.p., 1910, n.d. 148. Print.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://centurymaine.blogspot.com/2014/10/riceville-township-39.html|title = <nowiki>Riceville | Township 39</nowiki>|date = 29 Oct 2014|accessdate = 10 Dec 2014|website = Century Maine|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> The Riceville school had an enrollment of 21 pupils in 1900.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url = http://www.abandonment.me/home/riceville-revisited|title = A Chronicle of Riceville|date = |accessdate = |website = Abandonment of Maine|publisher = |last = Prescott|first = Ryan}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> In 1905, the tannery burned down and the town was abandoned shortly after.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url = |title = Tannery Burned; Plant of Hancock Leather Co. Destroyed at Riceville.|last = |first = |date = 1 January 1906|work = |accessdate = |publisher = Bangor Daily Commercial}}</ref> A post office existed from 1898 to 1906.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Maine Postal History And Postmarks|last = Dow|first = Sterling|publisher = Severn-Wylie-Jewett Co.|year = 1943|isbn = |location = Portland, Maine|pages = }}</ref> There was nobody living in the township in 1910 and 1920.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Fourteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1920|last = |first = |publisher = Govt. Print. Off.|year = 1921|isbn = |location = Washington|pages = |chapter = "Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1920, 1910, and 1900."}}</ref>
'''Riceville '''(also known as Hancock Tannery and Thirty-Nine/#39 Tannery)<ref name=":3" /> is a [[ghost town]] in [[East Hancock, Maine]], specifically in Township 39 Middle Division.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url = http://bangordailynews.com/2009/10/30/news/bangor/bangor-ghost-hunters-probe-site-of-former-tannery-town/|title = Bangor Ghost Hunters probe site of former tannery town|last = Gagnon|first = Dawn|date = 30 Oct 2009|work = Bangor Daily News|accessdate = 11 Dec 2014}}</ref> It was once home to a [[Tanning (leather)#Vegetable tanning|bark extract works]] owned by F. Shaw and Brothers Company, which owned many tanneries in the state of [[Maine]].<ref>Deed of Sale from George Nixon Black to F. Shaw and Brothers, 11 November 1879, Hancock County, Maine, Book 167, page 393. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.</ref> Later, the extract works was bought by James Rice and transferred to his company, Buzzell and Rice Tanning, which converted the plant into a tannery and began manufacturing sole [[leather]] from buffalo hides for [[shoemaking]] out of the township.<ref>Maine Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. N.p.: n.p., 1896, n.d. Print.</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> Eventually Buzzell and Rice transferred the land back to Rice as an individual and he formed a new company, Hancock Leather, after which he began manufacturing sole leather once again.<ref>Deed of Sale from James Rice to Buzzell and Rice Tanning Company, 30 November 1898, Hancock County, Maine, Book 330, page 284. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.</ref><ref>Deed of Sale from Buzzell & Rice Tanning Company to James Rice, 4 October 1900, Hancock County, Maine, Book 356, page 43. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.</ref><ref>Deed of Sale from James Rice and wife to Hancock Leather Company, 16 August 1902, Hancock County, Maine, Book 381, page 117. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.</ref> The community which sprang up around the tannery was home to 136 residents in 1890, eventually declining to 75 residents in 1900.<ref>Maine Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. "Populations by Cities, Towns, Plantations and Unorganized Places in the State of Maine; Hancock County; Township 39." Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. N.p.: n.p., 1910, n.d. 148. Print.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://centurymaine.blogspot.com/2014/10/riceville-township-39.html|title = <nowiki>Riceville | Township 39</nowiki>|date = 29 Oct 2014|accessdate = 10 Dec 2014|website = Century Maine|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> The Riceville school had an enrollment of 21 pupils in 1900.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url = http://www.abandonment.me/home/riceville-revisited|title = A Chronicle of Riceville|date = |accessdate = |website = Abandonment of Maine|publisher = |last = Prescott|first = Ryan}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> In 1905, the tannery burned down and the town was abandoned shortly after.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url = |title = Tannery Burned; Plant of Hancock Leather Co. Destroyed at Riceville.|last = |first = |date = 1 January 1906|work = |accessdate = |publisher = Bangor Daily Commercial}}</ref> A post office existed from 1898 to 1906.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Maine Postal History And Postmarks|last = Dow|first = Sterling|publisher = Severn-Wylie-Jewett Co.|year = 1943|isbn = |location = Portland, Maine|pages = }}</ref> There was nobody living in the township in 1910 and 1920.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Fourteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1920|last = |first = |publisher = Govt. Print. Off.|year = 1921|isbn = |location = Washington|pages = |chapter = "Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1920, 1910, and 1900."}}</ref>


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Revision as of 18:20, 31 July 2017

Riceville (also known as Hancock Tannery and Thirty-Nine/#39 Tannery)[1] is a ghost town in East Hancock, Maine, specifically in Township 39 Middle Division.[2] It was once home to a bark extract works owned by F. Shaw and Brothers Company, which owned many tanneries in the state of Maine.[3] Later, the extract works was bought by James Rice and transferred to his company, Buzzell and Rice Tanning, which converted the plant into a tannery and began manufacturing sole leather from buffalo hides for shoemaking out of the township.[4][5][1][2] Eventually Buzzell and Rice transferred the land back to Rice as an individual and he formed a new company, Hancock Leather, after which he began manufacturing sole leather once again.[6][7][8] The community which sprang up around the tannery was home to 136 residents in 1890, eventually declining to 75 residents in 1900.[9][10] The Riceville school had an enrollment of 21 pupils in 1900.[10][1][2] In 1905, the tannery burned down and the town was abandoned shortly after.[5] A post office existed from 1898 to 1906.[11] There was nobody living in the township in 1910 and 1920.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c Prescott, Ryan. "A Chronicle of Riceville". Abandonment of Maine.
  2. ^ a b c Gagnon, Dawn (30 Oct 2009). "Bangor Ghost Hunters probe site of former tannery town". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 11 Dec 2014.
  3. ^ Deed of Sale from George Nixon Black to F. Shaw and Brothers, 11 November 1879, Hancock County, Maine, Book 167, page 393. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.
  4. ^ Maine Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. N.p.: n.p., 1896, n.d. Print.
  5. ^ a b "Tannery Burned; Plant of Hancock Leather Co. Destroyed at Riceville". Bangor Daily Commercial. 1 January 1906.
  6. ^ Deed of Sale from James Rice to Buzzell and Rice Tanning Company, 30 November 1898, Hancock County, Maine, Book 330, page 284. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.
  7. ^ Deed of Sale from Buzzell & Rice Tanning Company to James Rice, 4 October 1900, Hancock County, Maine, Book 356, page 43. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.
  8. ^ Deed of Sale from James Rice and wife to Hancock Leather Company, 16 August 1902, Hancock County, Maine, Book 381, page 117. Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth, Maine.
  9. ^ Maine Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. "Populations by Cities, Towns, Plantations and Unorganized Places in the State of Maine; Hancock County; Township 39." Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. N.p.: n.p., 1910, n.d. 148. Print.
  10. ^ a b "Riceville | Township 39". Century Maine. 29 Oct 2014. Retrieved 10 Dec 2014.
  11. ^ Dow, Sterling (1943). Maine Postal History And Postmarks. Portland, Maine: Severn-Wylie-Jewett Co.
  12. ^ ""Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1920, 1910, and 1900."". Fourteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1920. Washington: Govt. Print. Off. 1921.

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