Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"For a time birch pulp wood was shipped from Maine to him in Boston, but he soon realized that he needed to relocate his operations to a site where…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"A settler could either collect and sell the plain wood ash, or they could blanch it in a large vat, and boil it down to produce pot-ash (potash)."

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"In 1801 the first community fire company, the Union Fire (Club) Association, was established and its rules required each member to keep ready at…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… Waldo Street Fire slide show The Waldo Street Fire was, and still is, Rumford’s most serious fire."

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

"… We are very pleasantly located – have plenty of wood —build five places in our little shelter tents, and live like nabobs.—(minus the pomp) We have…"

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."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… then, such as Morse and Company, offered wood products for home and business. Long term, but small foundries consolidated in an effort to survive…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"The woods about the camp are almost alive with Squirels, Hares, Phesants, with any quantity of Birds and some Snaix."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He would rough out the roads in the woods. While doing this, he noticed sap on a fallen spruce. His father would take the strips of the resin and…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… and helped fight fires considerably, even though fires were few and far between because houses were made of heavy cut wood from the forest regions…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"A fire was reported to her, and she would call the fire department. When people heard the alarm in town, they would call her to ask where the fire…"

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Arch Bridge, Vaughan Woods, Hallowell, ca. 1932Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Later, the Hallowell Light and Power Company…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Wood-fired locomotives of the Narrow Gauge Railroad brought tourists and fueled other industries, giving way only when automobiles and trucks became…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"People collected fire wood so that they could burn it and stay warm without having power. Well more than 400,000 people, from Down East Maine were…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… buy a barrel of flour for the price of a cord of wood. They also sold large dried codfish, which customers would take home to hang in their cellars."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"Wood wasnʼt expensive at all, for it was natural and was in major production, but metal, on the other hand,was hard to find and was not in major…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"Production stopped in the mid 1950s.(4) McCann Fire TruckScarborough Historical Society & Museum Source Notes 1.Susan Dudley Gold, ed…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… newspaper articles, history of the Vaughan Woods and Homestead, annual reports, diaries, and many historic books. Students emailed Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… have a secondary source of heat, we didn’t burn wood or anything. So, as the day progressed and we realized that the heat wasn’t coming back on, we…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"After dipping each slender strip of ash wood into the hot, bright brew, women draped the long strands over lines to dry in the island breeze…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society Surry has experienced many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"Employed fire departments keep their fire fighters all year round. Volunteer fire departments don’t operate the same way."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… and had to arrive at school early, bring in the wood or coal and keep the fire going throughout the day."

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"The Nog was a small piece or a block of wood, and the Oker was used to mark red chalk on wood. The Racing Knife marked or shaped a cut of an object."