Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"… school when they had recess, they had to throw wood down into the cellar so that the teacher could get it later for it to be burned in a wood…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Made of vegetable ivory, bakelite, wood, metal, hard rubber, horn, shells, and glass. Carved and painted into the buttons are various designs: lines…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Print. Thoreau, Henry David. The Maine Woods. New York: Bramhall House, 1950. Print. Vickery, James B. Made in Bangor."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"A few years later it was sold to William R. Wood, of Portland, who was proprietor in 1904 and ran the business as The United Packers, with a capacity…"

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"… so they started to cut a path through the thick woods of Maine. It took them three weeks to go 20 miles."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"The woods about the camp are almost alive with Squirels, Hares, Phesants, with any quantity of Birds and some Snaix."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… morn, we formed in a line of battle in the woods and marched out across the battlefield and barged on a fort, the principal one at Williamsburg…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… Iron Works." The large furnace was fueled by wood, cut nearby and turned into charcoal. Throughout the history of iron making at the site, problems…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould was very fond of the woods and enjoyed studying the native plants, flowers, and wildlife. Presque Isle Historical Society Arthur Gould…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… landscape of our towns is very different today, wooded now where once sheep and cattle grazed the fields, keeping down growth and preserving wide…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"Ricker Mount Holyoke Weather records Wood Bishop & Co. Gardening Furber & Metcalf Hugh Ross Samuel C."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 72-120

"Thompson Mr. Farris Mel Andrews John D. Lander Henry A. Wood O. W. Davis Jr. Ernst Sjostedt R. Eugene Whittier E. C. Sweet J. W. Chapman"

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Arch Bridge, Vaughan Woods, Hallowell, ca. 1932Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Later, the Hallowell Light and Power Company…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"How many cords of wood have you sold? 9. What is the value of the products of your orchard? Dairy? Homemade or family goods? 10."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… where, for a time, loads of coal and pulp wood waited for the freighters to arrive. Those settling on Toddy Pond eked out livings as farmers too…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The Coburns purchased more than 400,000 acres of woodland cheaply from the state of Maine and by 1866 they employed more than 850 men to harvest 24…"

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"The wood and wainscoting are original as are the fireplaces. Lakewood is truly a unique treasure that we should always value for its entertainment…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… through different production stations (welding, wood, machine, and paint shops) and exit on the other side of the building a finished fire truck…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Young boys searched the woods and fields for all metal and rubber tires. In those days, there was no municipal landfill."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… these families farmed, fished, dug clams and sold wood to ships which arrived here from distant places."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Mr. Arnold, one of Haley's employees, had just walked across the 100 pound piece of pine wood when he heard the board strike the ground."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Space for fish stages and wood to build them were needed and were plentiful along the Maine coast. Territory for fish stages was allotted on a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"Pat Hennin, who owned Wood Butcher tools from 1991-1999, and a Century 21 real estate business in 1999."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"Baskets were made locally, usually by Native Americans. The strips of wood used to make these baskets came from ash trees."