Keywords: Bangor Lumbering
Item 99451
Bangor lumber mill workers, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard
Item 99449
Lumber schooners on the Penobscot River at Bangor, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard
Exhibit
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
Exhibit
Washington County Through Eastern's Eye
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World
"Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen, ca. 1910Bangor Public Library The Decline of Lumber The lumbering industry of Bangor started to take a decline in…"
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2
"Bucksport and Bangor Bar Harbor train leaving Bangor, ca. 1900Bangor Public Library This was a short line chartered March 1, 1870 to run 18.8…"
Story
Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life
