Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… the north end of town to supply a reservoir for fire protection. After a drought lowered the level of Day Mountain Pond to a point below the dam…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Wood-fired locomotives of the Narrow Gauge Railroad brought tourists and fueled other industries, giving way only when automobiles and trucks became…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… and ledges shadowed by fields and a mixed wood forest. The preserve contains three miles of public walking trails."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… mills, one of the first manufacturers utilizing forest products on a large scale was Guilford Lumber Company, makers of box shooks (the sides of…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The men would ready their snow equipment, and set out at different times to go deep forest hunting. From deep wood teepees they would track deer…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"The area was heavily forested, much of it with tall pines ideally suited for masts and straight boards for the ships of the King’s Royal Navy."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… masts to the coastal cedar for shingles, Maine's forest land has been the source of the raw materials that has provided the livelihood for her…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… were migrating to California to use their foresting experience felling Redwoods. The 1881 edition of Colby's Atlas – Hancock, County, Maine lists…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The Corporation also subsidized the fire department and police department. Eventually it provided the first street and traffic lights."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… gone, we can't help but find food in these forests and the waters we'll cross. I believe we should have a shot at it."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… Not an easy life those early days, roadless dense forest isolating the early lightkeepers from the small farming population in North Lubec."

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

"… passed through the area, taking advantage of the forest and sea. Champlain voyaged along this coast in 1604, naming islands as he traveled."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Merrill Knight made the first clearing in the forest during the summer of 1794, cutting trees for burning and for building, while his family…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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

"… Village in 1803, taking advantage of the abundant forests. He sawed long and short lumber, shingles, clapboards and other products in this mill. Mr."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… took through ancient North Yarmouth's dense forests. This exhibit is a brief history of how that wilderness was transformed by the creation of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The forest provided game for the table. As land was cleared, wheat and corn were planted later to be turned into flour, food crops were planted, as…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… when their sites were covered with the original forest growth, when the river was the only highway and the spotted line the only guide through the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Bay were quite primitive at that time with dense forest extending to the water’s edge, few houses, the only roads being foot and horse paths."