Rockwood (Maine)
Rockwood is a village in the Unorganized Territory of Northeast Somerset on the east bank of Moosehead Lake , centrally in east Somerset County of the state of Maine in the United States . Even if Rockwood had the necessary population for an organization, the area was never formally organized as a plantation or town .
The settlement of Rockwood and Mt. Kineo on the opposite side of the lake are in an area that is steeped in history. Flint was already mined here by Indians . An early Native American name for part of Rockwood was Birch Point , where Native American camps were set up. It was named after the birch trees found here. Was located Birch Point near the present-day Main Street Maine State Street 6 , Rockwood Road. This is where the post office, shops and houses and a boat ramp are now located.
Rockwood was probably settled before the Civil War , the first settlers came mainly from Nova Scotia . The first bridge over the Moose River was built as a floating bridge at the end of the 19th century at the confluence of the Moose River in Moosehead Lake. Later a second in 1914 further upstream. Today there is only one bridge over the Moose River.
The Somerset Railway established a line to Kineo Station at Birch Point. The name Rockwood probably came from Hiram Rockwood Page, who decided around 1909 that Kineo Station also needed a post office, which he named after himself. At the time there were two shops and two churches in Rockwood, as well as several apartment buildings. Other churches followed.
Agriculture was of little importance in Rockwood as the soil is poor and not very productive. Forestry served as a source of income, as did tourism from an early stage. There were guided mountain hikes and sports camps opened early on. The silhouette of the 551 m high Mt. Kineo, which rises out of the lake on the peninsula, was interpreted by the Indians as the back of a huge animal. Legend has it that the mountain was the fossilized remains of a giant moose that the Great Spirit sent to earth to punish them for their sins.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mount Kineo. In: peakery.com. Accessed May 31, 2020 (English).
- ^ History of Moosehead Lake Region , Moosehead Historical Society ( Memento from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
