On April 30, Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna hosted Wiscasset Middle High School history students learning about the rapid economic and technological transformation of the Maine m idcoastal r egion. Henry Putna m.
Once upon a time there was “Cow Island.” It was just north of Wiscasset village, a short walk from where the train station used to be. As the story goes, folks got to calling it Cow Island because a farmer would lead his dairy herd out to the grassy.