Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"Mosquitoes, black flies, leeches, and moose flies were all annoyances that the loggers had to put up with."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… 76.8 square miles: black bear, whitetail deer, moose, coyotes, bobcats, lynx, snowshoe hare, skunks, woodchucks, raccoons, fishers, otters…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… Reality, 1763-1842 Manuscript Map of Moose River, Moosehead Lake, and Kennebeck Road, 1820Maine Historical Society Historian Francis M."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… recognition of settlement on the ground led Moose Island (the location of modern-day Eastport, Maine) to go to the US, while loyalist homesteads on…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… to be a fine of $1,000 for illegally killing a moose. That was a lot of money when most people earned a $1 an hour at work."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… trees to make containers, wigwam sheathing, and moose horns made for calling moose. They also would plant what little food that would grow…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"“Aroostook" is a mangled version of Wolastuq, the original name for the St. John River. The families would disperse broadly through the late summer…"