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Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"Farmers and lumbermen not only used potatoes for food, they learned how to extracted starch from them for their own use to stiffen cloth for fancy…"

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Norcross Heritage Trust

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

"… and were not only seamen, but farmers and lumbermen as well. In 1789, the Town of Mt. Desert became official, encompassing all of Mt."

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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… after all the timber around the lake was cut, the lumbermen began cutting around Folsom and Upper Ponds, sending the wood down the streams for…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"Lumbermen from miles around worked to provide the raw materials. The wood products of Strong were shipped to markets all over the world."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen, ca. 1910Bangor Public Library The Decline of Lumber The lumbering industry of Bangor started to take a decline in…"

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

"Lumberman, Patten, c.1900Patten Lumbermen's Museum Industries responsible for coastal settlement Lumbering, fisheries, agriculture, shipbuilding…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Salesmen, stagecoach passengers, and lumbermen were taken to their destinations on horseback or by carriage."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The deep unobstructed river afforded lumbermen a natural highway to national and even international markets."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Farmers and lumbermen were performing soldiers’ duties. Under these difficult circumstances, many families left the coast” and other New England…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Many of these farmers also worked as lumbermen during the winter months. By producing goods for the lumber industry, farmers did not have to worry…"