Nine Early (1864) Maine Steamboat Wharf Company. Ten (10) Stock certificates

Description

Early (1864) St. George Steamboat Wharf Company.
Lot consists of Nine (9) Stock certificates
All certificates are issued and uncancelled.
Issued 1864
This Maine peninsula and its islands were noted for immense flocks of duck, geese and other waterfowl. Although the region was part of the Waldo Patent, General Samuel Waldo complied with requests from Abenaki Indians not to settle immigrants at what was their prized hunting ground. Consequently, the peninsula remained unpopulated until after the close of the French and Indian Wars in 1763. The Revolutionary War
further slowed development, but during the 1780s, there was rapid
settlement of the peninsula. It was incorporated in 1789 as part of Cushing.
On February 7, 1803, the peninsula and its islands were set off and
incorporated as St. George, taking its name from the river.
Farmers grew potatoes. After 1830, granite was quarried and shipped nationally for construction. Shipbuilders annually produced three to four vessels, many for the coasting trade, exporting cordwood, lumber and fish. Factories canned lobsters, clams and sardines.
In the 1880s, the town's rugged oceanfront beauty was discovered by
"rusticators"—visitors, including artists, who bought or built summer
cottag