The 4-masted Schooner Sagamore
The Schooner Sagamore, seen here, was launched from the Charles Ward Shipyard in Kennebunk Lower Village on May 11, 1891. Four days later a reporter for the Eastern Star wrote about it. “The Sagamore launched from Ward’s yard took the water well but the carriage shop of Hall and Littlefield got a wetting, water pouring in the windows.” She sailed cargos of coal along the Atlantic coast until the night of May 10, 1907. Maritime Historian, Charles Morgan wrote, “The handsome big four-master Sagamore was bowling along in Vineyard Sound before a strong northwest wind. According to her master she...