Keywords: Bangor Lumberjacks
Item 99452
Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard
Item 99453
Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen with horses, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1910 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
Music in Maine - Music in Maine
"Lumberjack work chants and sailor shanties differ from operas sung by 19th century Maine divas. Yet they are all uniquely Maine sounds."
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World
"1900Bangor Public Library Lumberjacks During the mid 19th century, the lumberjack’s job was to cut down trees and and send them down river."
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun
"… designed the 31-foot-high statue of the mythical lumberjack On the 250th anniversary of Bangor, people will open up the base of Paul Bunyan, which…"