Maine Memory Network

Bangor Public Library

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"Gleason, attend to the objects of the wood, the rock, the teams, the hay, the wood for home consumption, the care of the buildings, and everything…"

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

"The sawmills and wood product producers that once thrived have closed due to foreign competition and a poor woods market."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"The Bridge That Changed The Map Text By: Carl W. Stinchfield Return to Online Exhibits Maps are often changed when bridges are built which alter the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"Strong's History Through Sleet, Snow, and Hail..... Communication evolved as populations grew in Franklin County towns."

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…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… kinds of elevations provided a variety of wood, “…maple, birch, beach, (sic) ash, elm, basswood, pine, hemlock, fir, spruce, cedar with some oak on…"

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… of "rising wedges," levers, block and tackle and wood bracing. Here the largest slab cut from the quarry is raised to be placed on a cart or wagon…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's plow, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… He wrote of the plow that he "went into the woods and found a pine tree with a root running out like a plough shear and I made a plough and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… it was the handsomist building I ever saw made of wood, although I have examined buildings that cost ten times as much yet the ingenuity and take…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"To construct the mast, they would get large wood and make a long and thick, pole-like object and then put smaller lengths of wood crossing the mast…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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

"… job driving lumber in the heavily forested Maine woods. However, with this great expansion in population, the need for human services increased."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"They found a land totalling 6,000 acres, mostly wooded with little good timber, barren ledges and swamps."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… a crooked limb which I found while gunning in the woods that I invented a cart tongue such as are in general use for boy and baby carriages now I…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… they were the largest stores in the city built of wood and were filled with dry goods groceries Rum hard ware fish salt &c." He noted that in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… painted chrome yellow with yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no paint Resivoir scuttles cast iron set in granit square…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… newspaper articles, history of the Vaughan Woods and Homestead, annual reports, diaries, and many historic books. Students emailed Mr."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"He operated a wood mill in Arundel and actively supported the colonists in the Revolution. This was Stephen Titcomb’s heritage as he prepared to…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… carpenters and cabinetmakers, and also produced wood-block patterns for the oil-cloth factories. Later it produced wooden lasts for the shoe…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… except that many were involved in harvesting of wood for shipbuilding and heating purposes. Also, early notations in "Vital Records of Islesboro"…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"The Nog was a small piece or a block of wood, and the Oker was used to mark red chalk on wood. The Racing Knife marked or shaped a cut of an object."