Fearns, Maine: Closest town to Tremlett

Tremlett College, where HWS founders Ada Gentry, Bunny, and Georgia met and started the society, is connected to the Maine seaport town of Fearns by rope ferry. Still in operation today (though the ferry itself has been replaced several times over the years), the ferry was once the main way Tremlett students and professors crossed between Antheia Island and the mainland. 

The HWS archives at Tremlett contain a few vintage photos of Fearns, that give us an idea of what the town looked like back around 1898 when the Hardy Women's Society was founded. ​