View of Paris Hill, 1802

Molly Ockett and others of her kin-group were in the Bethel area in the mid-1760s and witnessed the clearing of land and the construction of houses as white people arrived to usurp the former Abenaki territory. The civilizing tendencies of these pioneers are well conveyed in this early 19th century depiction of Oxford County's "shire town" at Paris Hill village, some twenty miles south of Bethel.

An over-mantel painting from the Lazarus Hathaway House, Paris Hill. Gift of Miss Mabel Hathaway to Hamlin Memorial Library, 1957.

Courtesy of Hamlin Memorial Library.

Painting

Oil on pine board

30 x 48 in.