Outtakes - The Smallest Towns

Town clerk for 52 year, Leon Stanley (below) watches his grandniece catch the school bus early on a cold winter morning.

Depending on the time of day, the highest concentration of Victory residents gathered in one spot can be found at the end of Gallup's Mills Road. Eighteen mailboxes are clumped together on this road that locals also dub Victory Road. Ninety years ago, not far from this spot, stood one of 13 busy mills that supported hundreds of inhabitants.

For the 55 people now living here, Victory Road is nothing more than a rutted recollection of more prosperous times. South Victory school is now the town hall, where an old globe hangs from the ceiling -- Africa still belongs to Britain and France; a flag in the comer is two stars shy of 50.

Leon Stanley can recall that earlier Victory. Born and raised here, he was the town clerk for 52 years. At 92, he is the oldest resident.

Leon recalls he always had the front seat in school. "Boys have to watch the train you know." Now his grandniece lives with him. An elementary school student, she catches the bus right in front of the Stanley home, and Leon can watch.

Eighteen mail boxes are clumped together on Victory Road.

The Smallest Towns: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts.