Keywords: hard and soft wood
Item 15751
Frank C. Nutter invoice, South Portland, 1896
Contributed by: South Portland Historical Society Date: 1896-12-01 Location: South Portland Media: Paper
Item 105101
Upended tractor during logging operation, MacMahan Island, 1957
Contributed by: Dennis Cromwell through Westport Island History Committee Date: 1957 Location: MacMahan Island; Westport Island Media: Photographic print
Item 150429
Plans for Charles H. Briggs, Auburn, 1888
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Auburn Client: Charles H. Briggs Architect: George M. Coombs
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Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
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This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area
"Boys practiced marksmanship with scaled-down bows and arrows. The girls would gather nuts, greens, roots and firewood."
