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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…"

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."

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."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"Ridlon built a hotel on this land, which soon housed a post office, store, and many houses to accomodate the influx of Italian, Lithuanian, Polish…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… and financially catastrophic fire happened at the Hotel Rumford on Exchange Street in November, 1929."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… known as the Gregory Inn and was operated as a hotel by the Sweeney family. The buildings and land surrounding it remains much the same now as in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… the Municipal Building; The Strathglass Building (Hotel Harris); and the Strathglass Park. All of these buildings are works of art in themselves."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Jonas T. Severy ran the hotel and furnished the rum and raffled off a white horse at $1/ticket. It was said that a hot time in the old town was had…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… factory, doctors’ offices, a rake factory, a hotel, and many other businesses came and went. On the banks of the Androscoggin River, bounded by the…"

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…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The thundering logs swept everything before them until they reached the dam just below the bridge. At this point on the river were located the mills…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… Included in the next three pages: Fires Floods Log Drives Fires Text By: Jamie Libby and Chase Bouton Eighth Grade Students at Piscataquis…"

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…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"A log kept by the light keeper at West Quoddy Head recorded as many as 17 outbound and 15 inbound craft passing the Head in September 1874."