{"id":3747,"date":"2018-03-05T11:15:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T16:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/?page_id=3747"},"modified":"2018-07-11T13:06:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:06:31","slug":"bodwell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/bodwell\/","title":{"rendered":"The First County Agent in Piscataquis County &#8211; 1915"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3748\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3748 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Joseph Bodwell\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001-768x984.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001-105x135.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001-317x406.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001-423x542.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001-634x812.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001-846x1084.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001-951x1218.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001-1268x1624.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/03\/Joseph-Bodwell001.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,234px\" \/><\/a>Joseph Bodwell was the first county agent in Piscataquis County. Here is his story of his adventures setting up the first extension office in Dover, getting acquainted with farmers in the county and overcoming many adversities.<\/p>\n<p>This story was first published in The Shiretown Conserver from the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society in the fall of 2017. They have given them permission to reproduce it here. Our thanks for their generosity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu\/extension_ag\/14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joseph Henry Bodwell &#8212; Becomes First County Agent in Piscataquis County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Bodwell was the first county agent in Piscataquis County. Here is his story of his adventures setting up the first extension office in Dover, getting acquainted with farmers in the county and overcoming many adversities. 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