Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… Office, Saddle Horses, [and] Excellent Livery” (Wood 73). The Inn offered the public performances of a small orchestra on Saturday evenings."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… (remains of which can still be found in the woods), sheds and stables. Blue Hill Fair, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"… and father were young, their houses were made of wood and had a thatched roof. My grandmother cooked on a fire pit and got water from a well."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"… the Wharff house was built the land was all wooded area that the town had decided to change to farmland in order to build a house, which turned out…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… on its side, the bottom rammed firmly against the wood piling. The Canadians scrambled onto the trestle, never getting their feet wet."

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

"… Co-Generation Company, which could burn oil, wood bio-mass, coal, chipped rubber, auto tires, and natural gas as fuel to produce steam at 1250 psi…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… came to the Colony, and large amounts of wood products and potatoes were shipped off to new markets in the south."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… at the age of 25, was the manufacturing of wood fiber tableware which was lost to fire. His next was to establish the Umbagog Pulp Company at…"

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

"… effort despite frightening shortages of manpower, wood, chemicals, and the supplies normally needed in the operation of its mills? It took careful…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… Blue Hill began in the spring of 1762 when Joseph Wood and John Roundy sailed "downeast" from the Boston colony to a sheltering bay at the foot of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The wood processing faculties were old and tired, necessitating the building of a new woodroom in 1966."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… to settle the area as hostilities ended. Joseph Wood and John Roundy added their names in Jan 3rd 1762 to a petition “To His Excellency Francis…"

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

"In winter, they might go north to cut wood. Early settlers of Blue Hill were forced to be resourceful in order to survive."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… New Hampshire, was a Surveyor of the Kings Woods and served as Lieutenant Governor from 1717-1730."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"There were large amounts of untouched woods in Western Maine, but the only way to effectively transport the harvested timber to southern markets was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Mrs. Virgil Kline, a descendant of Joseph Wood, one of Blue Hill's founders, was director of an opera company in Boston."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"She was engaged by the Maine Central Railroad to help market the Rangeley Lakes as a popular destination for tourism."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… all over the east coast to represent the Maine Woods at expositions and on boards promoting tourism."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"… has uploaded narratives and artifacts from the wood products industry, history of town schools, groups and organizations, and the story of the…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… that was destroyed in a storm in 1995 has wood for the fires stacked up against it. In the left foreground is the Skinning/Packing Shed where the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… the governorship of the Surveyor of the King’s Woods, David Dunbar. While the idea of a separate colony quickly lost favor and was rejected by…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"… inventor of the machinery to mass-produce the wood toothpick. Within these pages you will find a wealth of local knowledge and treasures passed…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… permanent settlers were John Roundy and Joseph Wood. They settled near the reversing falls and the Salt Pond."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"In the Maine Woods, Forest and Stream, The American Angler, Rod and Gun, and The American Sportsman magazines carried her articles about Maine…"