9-17-2022 Parsons-Jockey Cap

Ridley Parsons next to the Admiral Perry Monument on top of Jockey Cap in Fryeburg, Maine. (ED PARSONS PHOTO)

Jockey Cap (610 feet) in Fryeburg, Maine, is a prominent rounded ledge just east of the village. Appropriately named for equestrian activity at the nearby Fryeburg Fair, it offers a half-mile round trip hike to its bare granite summit where many peaks in New Hampshire and Maine are visible.

Its historical significance is ample, yet it would be nice to know more. For example, what was the name and significance of Jockey Cap to the Pigwacket Indians, who for eons lived part of each year along the Saco River, less than a mile away? One Wabanaki Indian, the herbalist/healer Molly Ockett was purported to sleep in a cave near the base of Jockey Cap, yet that was during the colonial period.

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