Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The paper industry relied on the logging industry because they used trees to make paper. Nowadays, logs aren’t shipped down the Kennebec River…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Early Industry and Bombahook Industry develops quickest where raw materials meet easy transportation and ready energy, both human and otherwise."

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Web. 03 May 2011. <http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logging>. Snell, Katherine H and Vincent P. Ledew. Historic Hallowell."

Lincoln, Maine - Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description These trucks would come across the frozen lake from…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… famous for inventing a vehicle that changed the logging business, the Lombard Steam Log Hauler. He developed this idea while working as a…"

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

"Logs could be floated, and steam-driven factories were set up along the river banks. After 1900, when the first permanent bridge across the stream in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… forests of maple, birch, spruce, and pine, and logging was a major industry. The soil was quite good and yielded good crops of corn, potatoes…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… invaluable to the wood industry sporting many a “log drive” in its heyday. Soon Mr. Graves built a tannery, called by the villagers the “bark…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… farmer and needed to return to the hard labor of logging. The next winter he went with a crew of men to work at a location twelve miles into the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… and its tributaries roiled with a winter’s logs? Each of the 12 towns in the Western Foothills School District (RSU 10) has its own history and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"I have heard of some Hemlock logs that are offered for sale also. I think I can buy hardwood logs if wish to so that as to timber we can be supplied."

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 - Buckfield

"Along with the train, many industries began to come about in the 1900s. There were multiple general stores, including the General Store and the Old…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Hugh's first venture in Maine and the paper industry, at the age of 25, was the manufacturing of wood fiber tableware which was lost to fire."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"He had worked summers in the industry while attending college and then worked full time in several departments learning the manufacturing process."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… Cascade Corporation, a major player in the paper industry, was able to complete the purchase of the Oxford properties from Ethyl Corp."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"He already had a wide knowledge of the industry. Now, as President of Oxford, he was determined that the company would continue to be one of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Our ancestors were industrious with true American entrepreneurial spirit! Apples were viewed as the crop that would allow East Dixfield farmers to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… 17th century when guilds began to fade away, and industry made people less connected, some wished to preserve the groups that supported its members."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… imposing name, "Dixfield Universalist Circle of Industry”—later called the Ladies’ Aid Society. The fine tone of the bell is accounted for by the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 8 of 17

"1894McArthur Public Library As more businesses and industries were using the local water ways advantageously, nearly 17 sawmills were erected in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"A Man's Life in a Suitcase John Edward Barry, Mexico, 1939 Mexico Historical Society Text by Irene Hutchinson Images contributed by Mexico…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Continental Paper Bag Company By: Dave Gawtry & Nghia Ha Images provided by Rumford Area Historical Society The Continental Paper Bag Company…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Rumford Woodrowville School students, Rumford, 1925Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Educational facilities grew along with the…"