Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… strength, and with vigorous blows leveled forests and brought under cultivation a virgin soil, the fruits of which furnished abundant sustenance…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… you can still look at some of the trees in the forest that are still bent over and damaged. Q: Please use one word to describe the Hallowell Ice…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… facilitating the transportation of dairy and forest products to markets in Portland, Boston, New York and beyond."

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."

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…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The soil was rich and well drained; abundant forests spread over the landscape; smaller water sources provided sites for future mills."

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…"