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Rockland Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… this Exhibit Eaton, Cyrus History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… this Exhibit Eaton, Cyrus History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… this Exhibit Eaton, Cyrus History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… this Exhibit Eaton, Cyrus History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Steamer "Bangor," 1847

"They had not considered the tide -- and the bottom propeller prevented the vessel from getting into Rockland harbor at low tide."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… reported: “Thirteen years ago the little steamer Rockland made one trip a week between Rockland and Millbridge, touching at Bar Harbor."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"The earliest train ferries, the City of Rockland and the Hercules, could only carry passenger and freight cars."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… Block in Lewiston (1892), the Syndicate Block in Rockland (1892), Brunswick High School (1892), and the McLain School in Rockland (1892)."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tillson Testimonial

"A History of Thomaston, Maine for Young Readers. Rockland: Lakeside Printing, 1994. Secondary Source This book describes how many soldiers from…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"… Museum G-1-04 Eaton, Cyrus History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston, Maine Hallowell, ME: Masters & Smith Co., Printers, 1865."

Salmon Brook Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… Island Institute, PO Box 648, 386 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841, 594.9209 www.islandinstitute.org Penobscot Marine Museum, PO Box 498, 5 Church…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"One could travel by steamboat from Islesboro to Rockland and Castine but these services were never consistent in terms of year-round transportation."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"Bibliography Eaton, Cyrus. History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine. Hallowell: Masters, Smith &Co., Printers, 1865."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"on Route One between Thomaston and Rockland. In 1926 the Lawrence Portland Cement Company took over the business, and within a year began the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… were built by individuals in South Thomaston and Rockland, which were then part of Thomaston. At first, raw materials were plentiful."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"In the “History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston”, Cyrus Eaton refers to a Province sloop kept in the area for transport of settlers and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… company contracted to bring a daily mail run from Rockland, and in 1898 when Dr. Small published his history, the island received newspapers the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… began a daily trip between Swan’s Island and Rockland, supplies would be delivered by the steamboat."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"The store ran in the period of Swan's Island history when the steamboat still connected island residents to Rockland."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… due to the separation of South Thomaston and Rockland in 1848, the population leveled off and remained at 3,000 over the next several decades."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"A History of Thomaston Maine For Young Readers. Rockland: Lakeside Printing, 1994. The chapter of this book that we read told us about Perez Henry…"