Maine Memory Network

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 - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"The plant at Rumford was the largest book paper mill in the world under one roof and had a capacity of 350 tons of paper a day."

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

"… were found in the suitcase, as were his prayer book, rosary, and cross. His letters reveal that he helped get in the ice for summer, wood for…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"Dr. J. E. Martin wrote a comprehensive book on the life and work of Jonathan Adams Bartlett, 1817-1902, who was a folk artist living on the south…"

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

"… rights of newspapers, tourist guides and souvenir books of travel over 5,000 miles of rail and steamship lines."

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

"… produced coated papers for periodicals, catalogs, books, and commercial printing. Mead was also a major producer of paper products for schools and…"

Norcross Heritage Trust

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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."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Then the calm of peace and the growth of log huts, the ring of the ax in the great forest, and the hum of life in the home of the hardy pioneer."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… heirs of the William Bingham estate (see Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Book 85, Page 163-164 and Book 81, Page 134-135). Second Generation..."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… portion of Lot 67, likely by rolling them on logs or skids and with the help of family members and a team of oxen. A.C."

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

"… followed the trail to the last house, which was log and belonged to Mr. Rumford Smith. They followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"to stop logging on land near Lower Hadlock Pond and adjacent to Route 198 that culminated in the conservation in perpetuity along a two mile corridor…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Early 1600s ships' logs had accounts of fishing and fur trading along the coast. Fish, particularly cod, was abundant and a very profitable commodity…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… events were oxen pulling, barbeque, canoe races, log chopping contest, magic show, chalk talk, and street dance."

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… curling smoke and dying flame they erected their log-cabins and hovels, and thither conducted in triumph their wives and children." (A History of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… one resource says that John was born in a log-cabin in Farmington. John, in his early years, tended toward wild and reckless."

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

"He built a log cabin and became the first resident, living one mile from his brother Samuel who settled in Embden."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"He cleared land and built a log house near what is now called Bounty Cove, mid-point on the island near the Narrows."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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