Maine Memory Network

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…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"Packard, Aubigne L. A Town That Went to Sea. Rockland: Courier-Gazette Inc., 1987. This is where we got background information about ships that were…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… the quarry on Dix Island, in Penobscot Bay, off Rockland He was thought to have come to Hallowell with Bodwell in 1872."

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…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… landing was host to regular steam boat trips from Rockland, and thus began the third summer community on Islesboro."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"The Fourth Maine volunteers were from the Rockland and Belfast area were known as the Limerock Regiment. Frederick's father, Leonard W."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… and included, until 1848, the towns of Rockland and South Thomaston. It is believed by many that the name of Thomaston was selected in honor of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Rockland, Me.: The National Archives Project, 1942. (S) Pepperell Sheet Feb.1941: 24. McArthur Library Special Collections. (A) Pepperell Sheet Oct."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Snow Company shipyard in Rockland, Maine at 10 A.M on May 19, 1936. The ferryboat was christened by Miss Evelyn Randlett, who was Islesboro High…"

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 - Emerson Letter

"History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine. Vol. II. Hallowell, 1865. This brook briefly explains about Fales' life."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… school, or boarding with other families in the Rockland and Mount Desert Island area. Some were able to return to the island on weekends."

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."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… to Boston, and even a larger number running to Rockland with kiln wood. In that same Centennial Souvenir, Rev. J.D."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Soon the steamer Rockland was stopping in Southwest Harbor on its way to Machias. This was its only Mount Desert stop, and the village would become…"

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

"… company contracted to bring the mail daily from Rockland to Old Harbor This is a much more direct route than when it went by the way of Tremont and…"