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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lydia Abbott Titcomb and Pine Tree Cottage, Farmington, ca. 1875

"… Historical Society Description Pine Tree Cottage, taken between 1875 and 1880. Located at 4 Academy Street in Farmington."

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…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 2 design, Bangor, 1867

"… 9 of Scrap Book No 3, he wrote, "Rustic built of pine or cedar posts." The center of each side of the gate would be "filled with small round cedar…"

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."

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…"

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

"The abundance of trees, particularly the huge pines, many sawmills, a protected port and local sea captains needing ships for fishing and trade…"

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."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"The woods consist of pines, firs, and birches only. I named it Isle des Monts Déserts. The latitude is 44° 30'.” (This quote came from MEMOIR OF…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"In 1846, in just three weeks, 2,000 elms and rock maple trees were planted throughout the village. A little over a century later, many of these trees…"

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…"

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…"

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…"

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."

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."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

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

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… “…maple, birch, beach, (sic) ash, elm, basswood, pine, hemlock, fir, spruce, cedar with some oak on the highlands and hackmetack on the lowlands.”…"

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…"

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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