Keywords: Muscongus Island
Item 37701
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1750
Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 2 images.
Item 11778
Chart of the Coast of Maine, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Media: Ink on paper, map
Exhibit
Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship
Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.
Exhibit
A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915
After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.
Site Page
"Likewise, in 1719, the Muscongus Proprietors, also known as the Lincolnshire Company, began promoting a million-acre claim (later called the Waldo…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative
"… to stay in the area came as a result of the Muscongus Patent, a 30-square-mile grant of lands, including the Georges River, which was given by the…"
