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    Nat Smith With his Horse and Wagon.

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    Nat Smith with his horse and wagon, was a Rural Mail carrier for many years around the turn of the twentieth century. He lived near the Hobart Stream in Edmunds, in house originally built by Isaac Hobart Jr., across the bridge from the house built by his father, Isaac Sr.

    Isaac Hobart Jr., who married Abigail Jones, and after her death Jane Jones, her sister, built his house across Hobart Stream from his father's residence. Isaac Jr.'s home burned while in possession of the family of Nathaniel Smith. A new dwelling built on the site continued to be occupied by the Smith family until the property was purchased by the United States government and the buildings razed in 1937.

    Nat Smith With his Horse and Wagon.
    Bridge construction over Hobart Stream in 1926; The house built by Issac Hobart Jr., and later occupied by Nat Smith's house is visible on the hill in the background. Little Falls, Edmunds, Maine in 1881; E.P. Putnam's name is listed on the house built by Issac Hobart Jr., across Hobart Stream from his father, Issac Sr. It was later occupied by Nat Smith, the rural mail carrier. The property, including a large 17 acre marsh, is now owned by the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge.