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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"Historic Buildings By: Cindy Woodworth MEMORIES REMAIN - BUILDINGS OF THE PAST GUILFORD TOWN HALL Guilford Town Hall, ca."

Guilford, Maine - STUDENT CORNER

"STUDENT CORNER Guilford History as Seen Through the Eyes of Youth by 8th Grade Students, Piscataquis Community Middle School (Please note: Editing…"

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… of land in North Carolina and Georgia, where lumber was harvested and brought back to Thomaston for new ship construction."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… and services to meet the demands of its growing lumber industry. The commercial district expanded along Main, Central, State, and Harlow Streets."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… Industries responsible for coastal settlement Lumbering, fisheries, agriculture, shipbuilding, shipping and quarrying provided the livelihoods for…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"The early Mt. Desert families were industrious and hard working. They were often multi-talented families, and were not only seamen, but farmers and…"

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… a double sawmill on Mill River to serve as a lumber supply for crude cabins to house the arriving families."

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…"

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

"Spooner Painter I.L. Tripp Lumber Dealer A. Jordan “ “ W. Pratt Shingle Mfg. Col. C. Harvey “ “ I.E. Thompson Millwright A. Morse Cabinet Maker W."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… immense from the first banking services to the lumber industry to the Presque Isle Electric Company. Mr. Gould also served as a Maine and U.S."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… Savage family land, loading his schooners with lumber and trading in ports such as Boston, but also coasted as far South as Jacksonville, Florida…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"In her letters to John when he was away at a lumber camp in winter, Ida describes daily challenges: the cow drying up, firewood stolen from the…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… than 850 men to harvest 24 million board feet of lumber. Abner Coburn, who also served as Maine's 30th Governor in 1863-64, was additionally…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"They produced ash tool handles, canoes and paddles, and the ash baskets for the potato industry. With mechanization of logging and potato farming…"

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

"… to the back lots of Ancient North Yarmouth where lumber and agricultural land was more available and affordable."

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

"… turned out large quantities of long and short lumber. The hardwood flooring in Chase Memorial Hall was sawed in this mill."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Whether as a means of transporting of lumber for building ships in the 18th and 19th centuries, as a conduit for national and international commerce…"

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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