Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The lombard log hauler would carry forty thousand logs to one hundred thousand logs. It had a ski in the front for snow, two tracks in the back for…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"The logs sometimes got caught up on rocks, stopping the ones behind or even forcing them under. The loggers used poles, booms and even dynamite to…"

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."

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…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… In 1795, an East Surry schoolmaster went from log house to log house teaching the pupils one-on-one to know the letters and to say the catechism."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"John, in his early years, tended toward wild and reckless. But he was converted to religion and a devotion to Christ at a camp-meeting early on."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Captured logs and buildings on rafts belong to the Hallowell Steam and Boom Company. The Hallowell Cotton Mill can be seen in the background."

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 - 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…"

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…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… settled in 1764 by Shubael Williams who built a log house next to Bounty Cove near the center of the island."

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…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"The following year, the log jam and flood mentioned above occurred, sending two and a half million feet of logs through the windows and inundating…"

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…"

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

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

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"They built log houses with simple furniture, surviving on the island’s resources through long winters with only the occasional sailboat connecting…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"1915Mexico Historical Society Mexico Corner in early years was mainly a farming community with Curtis Howe operating the first general store."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"… 1874-1946 Town of Dixfield Records "The Early History of Dixfield Maine", DHS and Dixfield Bicentennial Committee, 1976 George J."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"He was one of the best educated of the early settlers and lived on what is now Leavitt Street. The Gregory Inn, Mexico ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"He also urged them to settle high on the hills, knowing that the Androscoggin and Swift Rivers often flooded in early spring."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"The early teachers were unpaid and attendance was irregular, with school terms from six to 12 weeks at the start."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"… of Rumford became the boomtown of Maine in the early 20th century, the need for a substantial source of quality potable water for its residents…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"Many streets and buildings were named after the early settlers including Howard Hall, Goodwin cottages, Day Hill, Richards Avenue, Wills Block…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"By the early 1950s most of these small, independent schools had disappeared. Some were demolished; others were used for other purposes in the…"