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

"… had just walked across the 100 pound piece of pine wood when he heard the board strike the ground."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"The Scarborough anchorage at Pine Point is where the Scarborough, Nonesuch and Libby Rivers converge and the departure point for many fishermen."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Most of the pines measured about a yard across and one hundred feet high and grew so close to each other there was no room for limbs to sprout for…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"… books marched from the old school to the new Pine School. East New Portland Central High School X The original Central High School was built…"

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

"… 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 covered the…"

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"the same day, the station was moved to the Pine Point side of the tracks.(2) When the Pine Point station was discontinued, it was again moved to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… for its forests of maple, birch, spruce, and pine, and logging was a major industry. The soil was quite good and yielded good crops of corn…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"… depression and war, 1929-1945.” In Maine: the Pine Tree State from prehistory to present, edited by Richard W. Judd, Edwin A. Churchill and Joel W."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… three extensive beaches: Higgins, Scarborough and Pine Point. There are ledges, however, around Prouts Neck, Bluff and Stratton Islands (now part…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… stretch of beach from the easterly tip of Pine Point through Old Orchard Beach to Hill’s Beach in Biddeford was often used."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"Emery, was largely a pine-and-paint building, modest but not without bucolic charm. The theater held about 620 and entertained the wealthy and the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"These stools and tables were often made out of pine or oak boards by the students' parents. By 1880, children sat in individual desks that were…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… Surry Historical Society From the coveted tall pine for ships' masts to the coastal cedar for shingles, Maine's forest land has been the source of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… at Ferry Beach; and from the ferry landing at Pine Point, the traveler would proceed on the beach to Old Orchard."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… and the last of the Cooask-aukes (dwellers-of-the-pines) and respected friend of the early settlers, showed them where river fording was feasible…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Web. 1 Jan 2010. (N) Maine: The Pine Tree State from prehistory to the present. Ed. Richard W. Judd, Edwin A. Churchill, Joel W. Eastman."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"… 1825-26, Ira and his crew put 5,000,000 feet of pine logs in the water. That is enough to run the mill for three to four years."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"He was a station agent first at Pine Point and later at Oak Hill. Because he felt it was his duty to care for his invalid mother, it wasn’t until he…"

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

"… themselves as being from Dunstan, Oak Hill, Pine Point or other neighborhood until the 1990s. Rapid development started in the 1970s, as people…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Later, after the American Revolution, the cutting, sawing and transporting of enormous amounts of both pine and spruce boards began."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"After Peggy died, Pine Tree Cottage eventually came to the Farmington Historical Society. The members of the Historical Society took great care to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… her entire existence, but she did linger in the Pine Tree State. Mary Snow was never married, and she never had children."

Acadian Archives

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