In December of 1911 the orders were sent to the islanders that they were to leave by July 1, 1912. Residents were paid varying sums of money for their homes. They were paid any where between $50.00 and $300.00 for their homes only. They were not giving anything for the lose of their land. In 1912 a mixture of forty five people lived on Malaga Island. Nearly a quarter of the islanders were sent to Maine School for the Feeble-Mined the others were sent off to fend for themselves. State workers torched their home right in front of them and dug up the bones of their ancestors. With the homes that they did not burn they send down the New Meadows River. There is no trace of anyone living on the island ever. Captain Lane went to the island and moved his school house to Louds Island in Muscongus Bay.
Phippsburg Congregational Church was built in 1765. It is a place that many people worshiped in. The church was a home to shipbuilders of the local area. Within the church there are many historical documents. They hold and perverse the documents. The new building was built in 1802. The church sit up on a hill at the start of the Parker Head Rd. When I was there I only got to look around and take pictures. There was one lady outside doing yard work with her dog. We had a nice conversation about the project that I was doing!
