Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"Both pot-ash and pearl-ash were worth more than any other product a farmer could produce, and large quantities were shipped from Hallowell until the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"Baskets were made locally, usually by Native Americans. The strips of wood used to make these baskets came from ash trees."

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

"… of a fireplace screen were recovered from the ashes. Fireplace HardwareFarmington Historical Society The influence of the Titcomb family is…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… a variety of wood, “…maple, birch, beach, (sic) ash, elm, basswood, pine, hemlock, fir, spruce, cedar with some oak on the highlands and hackmetack…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"It is thought that the smoke and ash created a “volcanic winter.” For the next 5 years, many of the Farmington settlers were disheartened and left…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… Pulp and Paper and began to manufacture “black ash” or sodium carbonate pulp. From 1899 to 1908, the mill built its reputation on the manufacturing…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… for clams, pick sweet grass for baskets and split ash for containers. This practice continued into the 1930s and ‘40s, until it gradually died out."