Maine Memory Network

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

"From there, the river drivers guided the logs to Bangor and boom operators sorted the logs. Finally, the lumberman sawed the logs into lumber for…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… the letter, a corduroy road--a road of parallel logs packed with sand and laid over a swampy area--was being constructed near White Oaks."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"The Swift River runs north to south through the town. There are nine mountains in Byron: Old Turk (Mount Turk and Broad), Whaleback, Durham Hill…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… invaluable to the wood industry sporting many a “log drive” in its heyday. Soon Mr. Graves built a tannery, called by the villagers the “bark…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… and its tributaries roiled with a winter’s logs? Each of the 12 towns in the Western Foothills School District (RSU 10) has its own history and…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"These men made up rafts of logs for the several owners by laying them crosswise of the raft, driving oak pins into the opposite ends of every sixth…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… famous for inventing a vehicle that changed the logging business, the Lombard Steam Log Hauler. He developed this idea while working as a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… later their efforts turned into the Coos Road, running from northern Vermont down the Androscoggin and Sandy River valleys to Hallowell."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… Company (which was to become a family business, run by his son, Hugh J. Chisholm, Jr. and grandson, William H."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"A train from lower Maine and Massachusetts runs along the Androscoggin River the whole length of the town on its way to Rumford."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"with little profit. This would be running directly into the pre-WW II era. Bag Mill bachelor housing, Rumford, 1946Greater Rumford Area…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"That is enough to run the mill for three to four years. On April 27, 1826, he bought 352 acres of land, and he bought 100 acres the next day."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"… the Oddfellow Theater has closed after a 14 year run. It is clear that there are not as many industries as there once was; in fact there are hardly…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Years ago, one of the homes was built with the county line running through the livingroom. Whenever East Dixfield is mentioned, people think of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"Ethyl continued to be run by the Gottwald Family. C. Raymond Hailey was elevated to the Vice President position with task of making Oxford…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"The Rumford Freshmen boys’ basketball program was run by the fundamentally sound Harry New, and Junior Varsity coaches at time were John Tapley and…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"Goods were needed to support the agricultural and logging businesses. One newspaper article states, “Due to the amount of livestock, it takes a lot…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The thundering logs swept everything before them until they reached the dam just below the bridge. At this point on the river were located the mills…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"The following year, the log jam and flood mentioned above occurred, sending two and a half million feet of logs through the windows and inundating…"

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

"… River, at a Place called Sandy Point and to run East North East Eight Miles, then South South East to the Ocean and then West South West Eight…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… he was involved in several local projects – logging, lime burning, canals, ship building and brick making all over what was then Lincoln County."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"“Aroostook" is a mangled version of Wolastuq, the original name for the St. John River. The families would disperse broadly through the late summer…"

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

"He built a log cabin and became the first resident, living one mile from his brother Samuel who settled in Embden."