Keywords: Log cabins
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4
"… Area Historical Society Jonathan Keyes Log Cabin, Rumford Corner, ca. 1900Greater Rumford Area Historical Society The Town of Rumford owes…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3
"A small cabin can be seen in the background of the photo which shows the empty reservoir in August, 1914."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru
"… of a garden, and used others to build a two-story cabin with two rooms on the first floor to be used as a dwelling and a storage room upstairs."
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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…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement
"Somes built a log cabin along the shore in what is now known as Somesville. Richardson built his home further down the shore near what is now called…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740
"… the area, and they were housed in thirty log cabins constructed between the fort and Mill River, to the east."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House
"The first homes built in 1719 were crude log cabins and did not withstand the early hostile attacks."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture
"… RevivalNylander Museum From the first humble log cabin beginnings, Colony architecture has come to reflect that of many other Maine communities…"
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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…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3
"A full size log cabin was erected as the center of the exhibit in 1895 and affectionately nicknamed “Camp Maine Central.” Lumber for the cabin was…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73
"The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73 Log Cabin, New Sweden, 1938New Sweden Historical Society In 1870, the original 160-acre lots were…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce
"… later, when carpenter William Roberts built a log cabin close to the beach. John Clement, a cooper, brought his family five years later."
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"… Historical Society Stephen built a log cabin for his family. In 1780 he planted and harvested corn, turnips and potatoes."
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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area
"Spruce logs were mortised together for cabin construction and hand hewn cedar shingles were used for roofing."
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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."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777
"Framed houses had replaced log cabins, the first framed house being built on High Street above Mill River."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4
"… 1929 Curtis Wright Corporation built a nearby log cabin intended as a barracks for a summer flight school."
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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years
"… corn and wheat and helping with the building of cabins. Capt Bennett stayed with his family in the township until after the harvest; then returned…"
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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."
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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."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"… smoke and dying flame they erected their log-cabins and hovels, and thither conducted in triumph their wives and children." (A History of…"