Maine Memory Network

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

"Maine's white pine, an ideal wood with many uses was used for masts for ships, lobster traps, and lumber for houses."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… sunken eyes, blackened countenances from pitch pine smoke, rags, and disease, the men look sickening."

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."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"DeFord, Deborah. Maine, the Pine Tree State. World Almanac Library, 2003. Frazier, Thomas B. "Stephen King." Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… shipped down the Kennebec River were mainly pines. When they got shipped down the Kennebec, they went to the Steam and Boom Company in Hallowell…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"On April 27, 1826, he bought 352 acres of land, and he bought 100 acres the next day. He also purchased river lots #1 and #18 and the gore that lay…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… who spent nine days trying to run the Suburban Pines Motel in Windham without power while housing eight relatives, then when a guest was using a…"

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…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"By the 1860’s, much of the big pine in the region had been cut, and many of the American-born loggers moved west, where the trees were bigger and the…"

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…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Forest resources were utilized right away, and "pine boards and staves (for barrells) and clapboards" were among the first things made for trading…"

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

"… Landing and the river was diverted under the new Pine Point Bridge, totally cutting off access to all boats."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… Bayley and Don Googins Local Fishermen at Pine Point, Scarborough, 1932Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Scarborough’s coastline, with…"

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."

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."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"The Village of Cockell: An Illustrated History of Pine Point, Maine. Wilmington, MA: Hampshire Press, 1988. Fogg, John D."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"Snow’s Pine Point factory canned its last batch of chopped clams in 1990 after 68 years in business."

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 - 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…"

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

"… Historical Society and Charlene Fenlason Pine Point Road, Scarborough, ca. 1907Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The first “roads” were…"

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 - 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…"

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

"… coastal land whose pristine forests and great pines called to them. They built their log houses during the summer, went back to Beverly and Andover…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Their houses were rough hewn from pine with no adequate provision for proper sanitation or ventilation."