Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"National Blue Ribbon School Breaking ground for renovation, Strong Public School, ca. 1996 Conducting the ceremonial ground breaking at the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Groups, Clubs & Organizations The Grand Army of the Republic G.A.R. picnic, Strong, ca. 1895 Members of Post 134 of the Grand Army of the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"Groups, Clubs & Organizations Knights of Pythias The Knights of Pythias was another post-Civil War fraternal organization and secret society…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Groups, Clubs & Organizations Text By: Valerie Tucker Installation of Officers in the Aurora Grange, Strong, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

""Fly Rod" Crosby Fannie Brackley and doe, ca. 1937 Crosby served as a role model for young women interested in the outdoors."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About MCHP

"About MCHP X About the Maine Community Heritage Project... The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between Maine…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Online Exhibits

"Online Exhibits Our MCHP Team has put together the following exhibits. We hope that you enjoy exploring them as much as we have enjoyed working on…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 5 of 7

"… Land on the Plains, and hinder any Person from Lumbering or Tresspassing" These letters were given to many settlers on disputed land when the…"

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Deering & Son Lumber Co., Biddeford, ca. 1880Maine Historical Society By the mid to late 1700s Biddeford was a growing town, in the varied and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"About 1866 a man named Joseph Hobson was the leading operator, owning mills on Spring Island on such a scale that he was known as "the lumber king"…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Some of the timber was cleared and sold to the lumber company. Gould then built a cottage on the land."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"In 1905, while searching for lumber, he found a holding ground for lumber up on the Aroostook River towards Washburn."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… Light and Water Company, Rumford Falls Woolen Company, Rumford Falls Realty Company, and, finally, Oxford Paper Company (which was to become a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"John River and then back into the United States duty free. The farmers in the area catered to the lumber industry by growing grain, hay and potatoes…"

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

"In 1987 a new company was formed, The Rumford Co-Generation Company, which could burn oil, wood bio-mass, coal, chipped rubber, auto tires, and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - People

"From the beginnings with Native Americans to lumbering and agriculture in the 1800s up to the present day, Presque Isle citizens have met…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Agriculture

"… as the source of necessary supplies for the lumber industry or as an exporter of agricultural produce to the nation, agriculture has always been at…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… Construction of B Machine at Oxford Paper Company, Rumford, 1915Greater Rumford Area Historical Society In 1912, Hugh J Chisholm stepped down…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"In 1982, the company was sold to Thomas H. Lee Company who streamlined financial operations, acquired Hayward-Schuster Woolen Mills in East Douglas…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"Chisholm and his skills at organizing companies. However, less is known about his philanthropic events, which had a major impact on the Town of…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 1 of 3

"… Furniture Herring Brothers Meats French & Elliott Company Guilford Bed and Breakfast Bangor and Aroostook Railroad DAVIS BROTHERS FURNITURE Text…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"Leane and Elliott E. “Bud” Burns, The Oxford Paper Company, 1958; A History of Rumford, Maine 1774-1972 by John J. Leane and 1972-2000 by Elliott E."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… stored on the grounds of the International Paper Company and the Oxford Paper Company were constantly sprayed with water to reduce the possibility…"