Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The forest provided game for the table. As land was cleared, wheat and corn were planted later to be turned into flour, food crops were planted, as…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… Hall was given over by the Independent Order of Foresters for this purpose. Malcolm Willis was the first commercial teacher."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… and ledges shadowed by fields and a mixed wood forest. The preserve contains three miles of public walking trails."

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Platt, David D. (editor), Penobscot The Forest, River and Bay. Island Institute, 1996. Surry's Centennial Souvenir, 1903. Varney, George J."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"What was the value of the ginseng and all other productions not before enumerated, you obtained from the forest in 1839? Back to History of…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… were migrating to California to use their foresting experience felling Redwoods. The 1881 edition of Colby's Atlas – Hancock, County, Maine lists…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… to build their own house with the wood from the forest, and to have extra farming land. They chose Lincoln for all of those reasons."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822, but one of the the most dramatic fires occurred in 1939 when the old Grange Hall burned…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… masts to the coastal cedar for shingles, Maine's forest land has been the source of the raw materials that has provided the livelihood for her…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"If it was deep in the forest, roads were needed to be built. Then a group of year-round loggers arrived and built the camps out of logs (surprise!)."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The men would ready their snow equipment, and set out at different times to go deep forest hunting. From deep wood teepees they would track deer…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"… name, she published her first book of poetry, Forest Buds from the Woods of Maine. She started contributing poems to the Atlantic Monthly in 1858."

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"They also might be responding to forest fires. There are two numbers to call if there is a emergency: 911 or 112."

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… partner Ship hulls were built from trees in the forests of the Hallowell area in Maine. The trees themselves could take up to half a year until…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… to the age of East coast shipping and reliance on forest products. The nation turned to coal, iron, and oil."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"Seventeen million acres of forest were damaged, and five million became once again damaged. Estimates for natural resource losses exceeded one…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… houses were made of heavy cut wood from the forest regions around Hallowell and the logs that floated down the Kennebec."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… roughed out seven miles of road; cut 180 acres of forest (of which 100 acres were burned off and readied for planting); and built 26 houses and a…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… gone, we can't help but find food in these forests and the waters we'll cross. I believe we should have a shot at it."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… also contained floating logs timbered from nearby forests. On each log was an identity mark, so the pickers and sorters could identify the logs…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… you can still look at some of the trees in the forest that are still bent over and damaged. Q: Please use one word to describe the Hallowell Ice…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… with melting winter snows from fields, from dark forests, water crashing to granite rock, spray leaping high in the air, rainbow rising in the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… In the early years Byron was known for its forests of maple, birch, spruce, and pine, and logging was a major industry."

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

"Almost 90 percent of Maine was heavily forested land. Maine's white pine, an ideal wood with many uses was used for masts for ships, lobster traps…"