Maine Memory Network

Loading Pulpwood, Portage, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Portage Media: Photographic print

Sleds of pulpwood, Magalloway Plantation, 1939

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1939 Location: Magalloway Plantation Media: Photographic print

Student Exhibit: Logging on Kennebec River

I became interested in the Kennebec River log drive when my grandfather would tell me stories. He remembers watching the logs flow down the river from his home in Fairfield, a small town along the Kennebec River.

Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs

In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… the Falls; digging a canal to channel waters and pulpwood to the mills’ interior; and a lower dam to form a large holding basin at the base of the…"