R o c k l a n d H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y
P.O. Box 1331 • Rockland, ME 04841-1331 • (207) 594-6193
Please join us in our mission: To preserve and promote Rockland's unique local history
Tuesday, June 22, at 6:30 PM
History Talk - All Aboard the Moosehead Lake Railroad
...For over 100 years the little railroad carried passengers twice a day from Belfast toward a vacation at Moosehead Lake, and freight, consisting of chicken feed from Burnham Junction and packaged fish from Belfast to Burnham Junction where the Maine Central Railroad connected to points south.
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We:
♦ Publish local history books
| ♦ Present programs on remarkable events
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♦ Collect & preserve important artifacts
| ♦ Display history in our museum
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The Rockland Historical Society was organized in 1977, as the Shore Village Historical Society, to collect and preserve the history of the Rockland area. The collection of the Rockland Historical Society includes: photographs, documents, books, newspapers, and artifacts relating to local families, businesses, and organizations. The collection includes information on local industries such as: lime, granite, fishing, shipbuilding, and other important seacoast businesses and industries. It includes the archives of four local newspapers; several large historic photograph collections; and information about the local railroads, schools, churches, social and cultural organizations, and a major resort hotel. The collection also includes the extensive archives of the Rockland Grand Army of the Republic and related materials about the Civil War.
The Rockland Historical Society's museum and archives are housed in climate controlled rooms on the lower level of the Rockland Public Library. The society has about 150 members. It provides several free educational programs each year and has published six books on Rockland history and assisted in the publication of several others.
Museum and Archives located:
Rockland Public Library, Lower Level (
map)
80 Union St, Rockland, ME 04841
We collect, preserve, and display historic artifacts.
Museum hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12-5 PM
Programs
Programs about Rockland history, 3 or 4 times per year.
Annual Memberships:
Individual $10 Sustaining $50
Family $15 Benefactor $500
Organization $50
Publications:
| Around Rockland | $20.00 |
| Brown’s Corner: Before Rockland | 7.95 |
| Main Beam | 85.00 |
| Samoset Resort Book | 10.00 |
| Shore Village Album | 12.95 |
| Shore Village Story | 19.95 |
| Shore Village Combo (both vols.) | 30.00 |
| Steamboats, Sleigh Bells and a One-man Band | 7.00 |
| War Diary | 7.00 |
| With Our Faces to the Foe | 15.00 |