Keywords: Ash Point Cove
Item 11743
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1742-11-12 Location: Harpswell Media: Ink on paper
Item 5343
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1743 Location: Harpswell Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"… built a log house near what is now called Bounty Cove, mid-point on the island near the Narrows. Other settlers soon followed, including…"
