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Engraved many years after Martha
Ballard's time, Ruger's illustration nevertheless shows how Hallowell's
hills rise from the Kennebec River valley, leaving almost no flat ground.
By 1878, farmers had
cleared even the steepest slopes. In Martha's day, there would have been
many more trees and fewer buildings.
Commercial ships ply the Kennebec
in this engraving as they had a century earlier, but for the appearance
of a steamboat in the lower right. Notice also the buildings clustered
along the riverbank, despite frequent seasonal floods.
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