Hartwell Timber Co.
The company that built the town: Elias Hartwell's timber operation, its rise and end, and the men who worked its camps and mills.
Founder & Owner
Employees
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Lyman Thayer
Lyman ThayerLyman Thayer, the first of the Thayers in Briarmont, came out from Massachusetts in 1859 to be clerk and timekeeper at the Hartwell camp, which by then had more men than Elias…
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Everett Thayer
Everett ThayerEverett Thayer, Lyman Thayer's son, was born in Briarmont in 1866 and grew up within sight of the mill.
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Amos Tuttle
Amos TuttleHartwell Timber Co. hired Amos Tuttle, a New Brunswick man, as a faller in 1858, the company's second season, when the work needed more hands than the first eight men.
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Bridget Nolan
Bridget NolanBridget Nolan cooked for the company's camp from 1858, the season its crew grew past the first eight men, until the camp became a town in 1866.
