A booklet of postcard images of areas around Bangor, Maine, referring to the Penobscot River with the tourism slogan  Maine\u27s Rhine,  circa 1900

Bean, O. Crosby

English

University of Maine

The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine History Documents Special Collections 1900 Views of Maine's Rhine and Vicinity: Penobscot River O. Crosby Bean Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory  Part of the History Commons This Monograph is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine History Documents by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact um.library.technical.services@maine.edu. Views of MAlNE’S RHINEand VicinityPenobscot RiverEastern Maine General Hospital.Str. Camden,Str. City of Belfast,Fort Knox, Bucksport, Maine.Towing through the Hampden Narrows—Penobscot River, Me.Vessels in the older days beating up through these narrows, from the West Indies, would accidentally lose overboard a cask of Rum or Molasses, to be picked up by their watchful friends on shore, and taken to the Smuggling Hole—which was on the right hand shore, thus evading the Custom Officials at Bangor.Str. Camden in Hampden NarrowsModern Venice.A Log Raft on the Penobscot River.On Maine’s Rhine (Penobscot River).Knickerbocker Express,Bar Harbor and New York,On the Kenduskeag, Bangor, Me.Court House and Jail,Towing to Bangor, Maine.City Point,“Rooster Rock," Penobscot River, Me.The Indian Legend of thus Rock is that "at the first crow of the Rooster in the early morn, the rock turns over." The Sandy Head on the opposite shore is where the British soldiers landed in their overland march to the Battle of Hampden, Sept. 3rd, 1814.Conduskeag Canoe and Country Club House, Hampden, Maine.BANGOR, ME.LOVERS’ LEAPTahiti, a beautiful Daughter of a noted Chief, loved an Indian trapepr named Shawano. The Father, being am­bitious, chose Kishwa- kee, a wealthy brave of another tribe. She re­plied: “If I may not wed Shawano, I would ever dwell with thee, but the bride of KISHWAKEE, I will NEVER, NEVER be.” Years have passed since those fond lovers flung themselves off that rocky steep, but the traveler still discovers what is called “The Lov­ers' Leap.”Braggon's Castle.Is the second Point on the Penobscot River below Hampden Wharf. A man named Braggon was chased by Indians,  jumped into the water, coming up  under the Point into what was then a cave, not rising to the surface,  the Indians, thinking him drowned, left him unharmed, hence the name “Braggon’s Castle.”Str. City of Belfast, Opposite Long Wharf, Hampden, Me.Here the guns from the American Covette Adam's were taken out by her Commander, Charles Morris and mounted on the Heights below the Wharf, to oppose the advance of the British up the river at the Battle of Hampden, Sept. 3rd, 1814.  To keep the vessel from falling into the hands of the British she was blown up and. burnt; what was left, sinking at the first point below the canoe wharf. STEAMER CITY OF BELFAST.Ferry-Boat “Bon Ton,”Str. Camden in the Hampden Narrows, Penobscot River, Me.On the side of the Bluff on the left is a Red Ledge, which the Indians called the Blood Rock, water running from it would be red and was considered a great medicine by the Indians.Pub. by O. Crosby BeanSouvenir Goods, Bangor, Me.

Views of Maine\u27s Rhine and Vicinity: Penobscot River

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