Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"The Bolduc Correctional Facility on Route 97 is still an active farm industry for inmates. Prison Corner, Thomaston, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"One of its most desirable features was the presence of a limestone quarry, a perfect outlet for prison labor."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Pelagie in 1830, an old man who now knew the prison as his home. After three days of freedom, Swan set out to turn himself back in, but died on the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… but also because the quarry provided a source for prison labor. Up until the 1820s, Thomaston’s business center was concentrated at Crick Village."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… the quarry on what is now the former Maine State Prison site on Main Street in Thomaston, and he operated kilns on the bank of the river, just…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Ames on January 10, 1864. He went to prison in the same year. People say that he died in prison in the state of Georgia on March 3, 1865."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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