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1926 Mount Zircon Ginger Champagne ad

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Flavored and carbonated beverages made with water from the Moon Tide Spring began to appear in the late 1890s. The famous Mount Zircon Ginger Champagne had become the Company’s most popular drink by the 1920s.

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Mount Zircon label

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The now-famous Mount Zircon Moon Tide Spring trademark, showing a full moon rising over a cascading stream of water, probably dates from 1897, when the company began packaging spring water in glass bottles with paper labels. Over the years, at least…

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First Mount Zircon bottling plant being erected

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The first bottling house on Mount Zircon was erected during the summer of 1896. Sited opposite the spring house on the road over “Zircon Hill,” the modest structure contained rooms on the first floor where the head bottler, Jason Hall, and his family…

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Mount Zircon spring house

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The Mount Zircon spring house, a small, hip-roofed building that once sported a crescent moon-shaped weathervane, was constructed over the Moon Tide Spring in 1890. The building remains standing today.

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Boston office of the Mount Zircon Spring Company

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The Mount Zircon Spring Company, later the Mount Zircon Spring Water Company, maintained a main office in Boston from the 1890s until the 1920s.

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Francis P. Putnam and family

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One-time owner of the Moon Tide Spring and “agent” for the Mount Zircon Spring Company, Francis P. Putnam is shown in this circa 1890 photograph alongside his sister, Drusilla Putnam Abbott Jackson, and his wife, Eunice Putnam.

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Article concerning Mt. Zircon House fire, 1872

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Hauling Mount Zircon water in wooden barrels

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From the late 1850s until the early 1890s, spring water was hauled off Mount Zircon in large wooden barrels. Steep and often muddy, the road from the spring to the valley floor challenged even expert horse drivers.

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Poland Spring House

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Dexter D. W. Abbott’s 1850s mineral spring and hotel venture on Mount Zircon may have been inspired by the more long-lasting efforts of the Ricker family of Poland, Maine, to whom Abbott was closely related. Hiram Ricker’s Poland Spring House, begun…

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Official opening of the Mount Zircon Moon Tide Spring

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Taken on July 5, 1859, this photograph documents the “official” opening of the Mount Zircon Moon Tide Spring to the public. The identities of the well-dressed people standing around the spring have not come down to us, with the exception of two…

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Panoramic view from Eaton Hill, circa 1890

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A panoramic view of circa 1890 reveals the lush farmland that once existed on and around Mount Zircon, whose pyramid-shaped cone rises in the center of this composite photograph. On the left is the white steeple of the former Methodist Church at East…

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1858 map detail showing Abbotsville and spring

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Gillette and Huntington’s 1858 wall Map of Oxford County, Maine, identifies Mount Zircon as “Peaked Mt.” and Little Mount Zircon as “Thornton Mt.” Named for Dexter D. W. Abbott, the founder of the mineral spring business on Mount Zircon,…

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Dexter Abbott’s 1848 deed

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In 1848, Dexter D. W. Abbott, founder of the mineral spring business at Mt. Zircon, bought farm property at the foot of the mountain on Stickney (now “Zircon”) Brook. Mount Zircon is known as “Peaked Mountain” during this early period. The area is…

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Opening of the Mt. Zircon Spring

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Restored Mt. Zircon Bottle

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The Courier, Vol. 41, No. 1

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Contents: Chapman Appointed to Head Museums -- 1 Mt. Zircon Bottle Relocated to Robinson House -- 1 From the Executive Director -- 2 MBHS Activities 2018-2020 -- 2 “Barker’s Ferry” Painting Added to Collection -- 6 Society Launches New…

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Interview with Bunker House (Buck's Ledge Community Forest Project)

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Bunker House interviewed about Buck's Ledge. This interview is part of a series conducted by Telstar Middle School students for an ArtReach project in collaboration with the Buck's Ledge Community Forest group.

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Interview with Jim Chandler (Buck's Ledge Community Forest Project)

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Jim Chandler interviewed about Buck's Ledge. This interview is part of a series conducted by Telstar Middle School students for an ArtReach project in collaboration with the Buck's Ledge Community Forest group.

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Interview with Ed and Leslie Rosenberg (Buck's Ledge Community Forest Project)

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Ed and Leslie Rosenberg interviewed about Buck's Ledge. This interview is part of a series conducted by Telstar Middle School students for an ArtReach project in collaboration with the Buck's Ledge Community Forest group.

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