Maine Memory Network

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

"… from Bridgewater, MA, planted trees and built pine-planking sidewalks along the streets. In 1846, in just three weeks, 2,000 elms and rock maple…"

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."

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

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

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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

"Education was important to the townspeople. The Pines , an elementary school, Central High School, and others were located in the area of East New…"

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."

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."

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…"

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 - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Miss Pine Point, Scarborough, 1938Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Various types of boats have been used by lobstermen through the…"

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…"

Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

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

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…"

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 - John Frank Stevens

"… from 1923-1930, after that he retired to Southern Pines, North Carolina where he died on June 2nd, 1943 at the age of 90."

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."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… all that can be seen is a flattened area where pines have grown up. In the early twentieth century, a golf course was established on Parker Point…"

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."

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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