Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"After they cut down all the trees in the 1790s, they built the house on a ledge. The foundation was made out of granite blocks, wood and posts and…"

Stockholm Historical Society

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Whitefield Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… relied on the logging industry because they used trees to make paper. Nowadays, logs aren’t shipped down the Kennebec River anymore, for trucks are…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"Hundreds of trees were knocked down. Also, boats and the Kennebec Yacht Club were endangered. The public utilities were destroyed and repair crews…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They set up fish weirs and fences. They felled trees to clear land for farming and grazing. They built sawmills to make boards, staves, and shingles…"

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"… buildup and yards filled with broken branches and trees felled by the amount of ice that had built up on them. The storm lasted for days."

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… settlers, that required only hard work, fire that trees that had ten times the value of wheat: wood ashes."

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"So then there would be less trees. Those are just some of the ways that this could have affected people’s daily lives."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… of the surviving buildings which line the tree-shaded slope from the “Lower Light” to the western bank of the Penobscot River."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"The ground under his favorite oak tree shifted because of its proximity to the water and the freeze/thaw cycles, so his tomb had to be moved…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"… a furrow five feet deep, tearing down many small trees. Captain's Cabin, "Washington B. Thomas," Thomaston, ca."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… the raw materials required, primarily white birch trees, and in 1956, purchased the Draper Mill, a modern sawmill designed to manufacture bobbins…"

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"The first tree fall took place and some buildings were built. The Bennents were the helpers with this town."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"Pieces of homes, trees, and bundles of lumber floated down the river. When the lumber hit the Father Curran Bridge the straps snapped, which caused…"

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… was a selectman for many years and planted the trees that line both sides of the road on Steamboat Hill. Ocean View Hotel, Swan's Island, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"The contract for completing the task of “removing trees, bushes, and all vegetable matter” was awarded to James McGregor Bros. of Rumford, ME."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"I was driving to work when I saw a lot of fallen trees in the woods and branches on the road. When I got to work everyone was scrambling to get where…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"The sawmill would cut the trees up into planks. After that, the planks were sent to the lumber company to be sold to anyone who needing to build…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… first because the British had found long straight trees that were good for building masts, so the map makers did not want the French to find these…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The large maple trees are gone but the building still looks the same today. The building location now has an address of 10 North Main Street."

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… are alike" Nathaniel Bodwell was like a fruitful tree. He had eight children and was only married once on April 1, 1824, to Polly."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"The land was filled with huge trees which the European settlers could harvest for trade with England."