tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post457691555416433744..comments2024-03-28T23:00:10.654-07:00Comments on Heirlooms Reunited: 1879-1895 Autograph Album of Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree of Hancock, MainePam Beveridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-8332454383456005142021-10-16T04:46:43.871-07:002021-10-16T04:46:43.871-07:00Hancock Maine was the answer to upper middle class...Hancock Maine was the answer to upper middle class society who couldn't afford to have a summer home on Mt. Desert Island. Hancock had a ferry service to and from Bar Harbor. Many of these people would visit friends and family on "The Island" via the ferry. There are still many summer homes on Crabtree Neck in Hancock. It is entirely possible for a person in California to summer in Hancock and return home in the fall or winter in those days as mass transport was via train and the closest train stop was in or near Ellsworth.Caler Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507653276763136694noreply@blogger.com