1600's - Turners Island was named after Ralph Turner. He was a resident of the Barberry creek area, and used the island to graze his cattle.
1659 - Turners was officially settled.
1847 - Turners was established as a rail link and rail yard to the city of Portland, Maine.
1848 - Alford Butler buys Turners Island for $600.00, and starts the Cornelius Brothers Shipyard.
1925 - The Secretary of War orders that Turners be transformed to be able to handle inbound freight.
1997 - Roger Hale bought Turners Island from the Springfield Terminal Company and rebuilt it to its present condition so that it could continue to handle freight and function as a shipyard.
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1600's - Turners Island was named after Ralph Turner. He was a resident of the Barberry creek area, and used the island to graze his cattle.