I currently live in this house on the Grendell Rd in Mapleton. The house has been here since 1872. Mark & Emily Turner (that the PI library is named after) used to live here.

The house looks pretty much the same. The additional buildings are no longer there. All the fields are now filled in with lots of apple trees and spruce trees.

when can i pick apples

This home is located at the corner of the Grendel Road and Pelkey Road. This farm was built by my 3rd great grandfather Charles Calvin Smith. His wife was Ellie T Emerson. Her father George owned the land across the street and the top of the hill. Kids include Jenny Burton, Howard Seth Smith, Gertrude Roake, Clara Rundstrom

George Emerson was the first settler on the Mapleton Road area and used to travel in from the State Road. That is why this hill in Mapleton is Emerson's Hill.

Thanks William Smith for the info! I always wondered who actually built it. This is good to know!

You are welcome. Charles Calvin's older brother Edwin Augustus Smith bought or built the Mapleton Hardware farm here in about 1871: https://vintageaerial.com/photos/main...

Their father Isaiah D. Smith bought the land and built this farm on the Mapleton Road around 1869: https://vintageaerial.com/photos/main...

Charles son Howard, my great grand father, built this home off the Smith Road on the Waddell Road: https://vintageaerial.com/photos/main...

This specific Smith family like the Carter, Waddell, McGlauflin, Hughes, Wilcox, Clark, Griffin, James, and many others moved up from the Charlotte, Pembroke, and Dennysville area of Maine in the later 1800s because of the ground for farming.

Hi Fallan Robertson, If you scroll in this film roll over to picture 8 here https://vintageaerial.com/photos/main... you will find the old farm around the corner from your home and very likely George L. Emerson's house. I have an old Mapleton Map showing your home and George's back in the day. The map is late 1800s or maybe very early 1900s and has their names on the lots.

Okay, I think I know which house you are referring to. I can almost see it from my house. That is a really big barn that used to be there.

My great grandmother was Clara Rundstrom. My grandmother was Ethel Gertrude Runstrom whose daughter is Constance Howard. This is wonderful to see. I remember visiting as a young child!!

Hi Carlene! Thank you for sharing your family's connection to this photo. It's amazing that you remember visiting as a young child. We would love to hear more about your memories of Aroostook County in the 1960s. What stands out to you about that time period? Has much changed since then? Your insights would be fascinating! If you have any other memories or stories you'd like to share, we’d love to hear them