Keywords: lumber operations
Item 69114
A large log runs through the saw, Starbird Lumber Co., Strong, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print
Item 9792
B. C. Jordan Lumber Co., Alfred, 1919
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1919 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend
Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.
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.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World
"1910Bangor Public Library The Decline of Lumber The lumbering industry of Bangor started to take a decline in the late 1800s."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong
"Starbird Lumber Co.Strong Historical Society Starbird Lumber Co. In 1887, 30-year-old Clinton V. Starbird purchased the Starbird mill in Freeman…"
Story
My 40 years in Forestry and the Paper Industry in Maine
by Donna Cassese
I was the first female forester hired by Scott Paper and continue to find new uses for wood.
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
