Keywords: Steamboat captains
Item 80430
Steamboat Landing, Friendship, 1908
Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: 1908 Location: Friendship Media: Photographic print
Item 79999
Steamboat Governor Coburn Interior, Greenville, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Greenville Media: Photographic print
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
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII
"Ruth says of the steamboat schedule, “Life did revolve around it. And the storekeepers and the fishing community and the church…it was a close-knit…"
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel
"… the trees that line both sides of the road on Steamboat Hill. Ocean View Hotel, Swan's Island, ca."
