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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Area Historical Society Jonathan Keyes Log Cabin, Rumford Corner, ca. 1900Greater Rumford Area Historical Society The Town of Rumford owes…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"A small cabin can be seen in the background of the photo which shows the empty reservoir in August, 1914."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… of a garden, and used others to build a two-story cabin with two rooms on the first floor to be used as a dwelling and a storage room upstairs."

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"Groups Log Cabin and Hard Cider Club, Portland, ca. 1850Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society Collection contains several…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"Somes built a log cabin along the shore in what is now known as Somesville. Richardson built his home further down the shore near what is now called…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… the area, and they were housed in thirty log cabins constructed between the fort and Mill River, to the east."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"The first homes built in 1719 were crude log cabins and did not withstand the early hostile attacks."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… RevivalNylander Museum From the first humble log cabin beginnings, Colony architecture has come to reflect that of many other Maine communities…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… and during one flood, the boom chain that held logs broke, and the logs washed over the dam during high water, smashing nearly every window in the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"A full size log cabin was erected as the center of the exhibit in 1895 and affectionately nicknamed “Camp Maine Central.” Lumber for the cabin was…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73 Log Cabin, New Sweden, 1938New Sweden Historical Society In 1870, the original 160-acre lots were…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… later, when carpenter William Roberts built a log cabin close to the beach. John Clement, a cooper, brought his family five years later."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… Historical Society Stephen built a log cabin for his family. In 1780 he planted and harvested corn, turnips and potatoes."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Spruce logs were mortised together for cabin construction and hand hewn cedar shingles were used for roofing."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… in putting down roots, building a primitive log cabin structure near the East side of Harbor Brook where it outlets into the ocean."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Framed houses had replaced log cabins, the first framed house being built on High Street above Mill River."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… 1929 Curtis Wright Corporation built a nearby log cabin intended as a barracks for a summer flight school."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… corn and wheat and helping with the building of cabins. Capt Bennett stayed with his family in the township until after the harvest; then returned…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… one resource says that John was born in a log-cabin in Farmington. John, in his early years, tended toward wild and reckless."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"He built a log cabin and became the first resident, living one mile from his brother Samuel who settled in Embden."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… smoke and dying flame they erected their log-cabins and hovels, and thither conducted in triumph their wives and children." (A History of…"