Lowell, Vermont, USA (Kellyvale)
1849 - Lowell

Orleans Co. The Missisco River originates in a small pond, nearly on the line between this township and Eden, and taking a northerly course, and receiving a number of considerable tributaries, enters Westfield near its south-east corner. Several of these tributaries are sufficient for mills, and the river is increased by them to considerable magnitude, forming meadows of considerable extent and fertility before leaving the township. Although encompassed by mountains on all sides, except the north-east, much of the township is handsome land, easy to till, and generally productive. At the grist mill of Asahel Curtis, near the centre of Lowell, the whole river passes through a hole in the solid rock. This natural bridge is situated at the foot of a fall in the river of about ten feet. The top of the bridge is about three feet -wide, and the same distance from the surface of the water, and under it the water is fifteen feet deep.

Boundaries. North by Troy, Westfield, Coventry Gore, and a part of Montgomery, south-east by Irasburgh and Albany, south-west by Eden and Belvidere, and westerly by Avery's Grore.

First Settler. The first permanent settlement was made here in 1806, by Major Wm. Caldwell.

Productions of the Soil, Wheat, 591 bushels ; Indian corn, 397 bushels ; potatoes, 22,417 bushels; hay, 1,084 tons ; maple sugar, 14,635 pounds ; wool, 2,107 pounds.

Distances. Nine miles south-west from Irasburgh, and forty north from Montpelier.

A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

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