Star Island # 2
by Marcia Lee Jones
Title
Star Island # 2
Artist
Marcia Lee Jones
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Photograph - Photography
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STAR
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Known originally as Gosport, the long surviving fishing village of the famous "Shoalers." The name is assigned to sailors who imagined the shape of the island as the points of a shining star. Today the only island served by ferry service and accessible to tourists. The conference center is managed by the Star Island Corporation in association with the Universalist Unitarian Church office in Boston, MA. The corporation purchased Star in 1916 for $16,000 and purchased most of Appledore in 1924. Sites include the location of Fort Star rebuild a number of times from 1653 for protection from Indians, many stone cottages and a stone chapel, John Smith's monument, Betty Moody's Cove, the Maine Gardens and much more. The obelisk monument to Rev. Tucke who "civilized" the Shoalers in the 18th century is the state's tallest tombstone. Star is also a nesting sanctuary for Herring and Green Black-backed gulls. One third mile long by one-third mile wide.
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