Landing in 1903. He was a champion fly-caster and served as a guide
to Rangeley's distinguished visitors, including former president Herbert Hoover. Another locally famous person was Carrie Stevens, who lived at Upper Dam in the 1920s -1940s and originated and tied approximately 100 fly patterns, with the popular Gray Ghost Streamer being one of these. During this period, some of the well known resorts included Camp Bemis on Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Mountain View House, Mooselookmeguntic House, Rangeley Lake House, The Barker, Bald Mountain Camps, The Birches on Students Island in Mooselookmeguntic Lake and Grant's Kennebago Camps.

Growth in Rangeley was primarily influenced by tourism. By 1909 its population had grown to nearly 1,300 up from 238 in 1860. In addition to
the numerous public accommodations were substantial private camps owned by wealthy, influential families from Philadelphia, New York City
and Boston. Locals and visitors alike were serviced by a bank, library, churches, a school, public water, locally generated electricity, grocery stores, a hardware store and pharmacy - all evidence that Rangeley had come a long way from the farming community its Squire had left some
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