| Moose River a town in Somerset County was settled in 1820, organized several times as a plantation for special purposes, and finally incorporated as a town on October 7, 1957 from Moose River Plantation.
The famous Holden House landmark was established in 1842 as an inn by Samuel Holden, the first settler. It served lumberjacks and cattle drivers for over a century.
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