Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The lombard log hauler would carry forty thousand logs to one hundred thousand logs. It had a ski in the front for snow, two tracks in the back for…"

Ambajejus Boom House

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"1895Dixfield Historical Society The Tuscan Opera House, centrally located on Main Street in Dixfield once served as the cultural heart of this river…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"The first homes built in 1719 were crude log cabins and did not withstand the early hostile attacks."

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 - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Area Historical Society Jonathan Keyes Log Cabin, Rumford Corner, ca. 1900Greater Rumford Area Historical Society The Town of Rumford owes…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… farmer and needed to return to the hard labor of logging. The next winter he went with a crew of men to work at a location twelve miles into the…"

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…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… made his living coasting as a schooner captain, logging Savage family land, loading his schooners with lumber and trading in ports such as Boston…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"Ridlon built a hotel on this land, which soon housed a post office, store, and many houses to accomodate the influx of Italian, Lithuanian, Polish…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"… by a large gift from the Torrey family and also houses the town’s Post Office. Voting has been moved from the fire station to the Dixfield Legion…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"First Settlers Merrill Knight House Merrill Knight's house built in 1810 is still a home in 2013, Peru Historical Society Merrill Knight made…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… purchased the property and added a carriage house, a hen house with cupola, and elaborate wooden fencing in an effort to create a picturesque…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"They had to be accommodated with boarding houses, and the management decided that they must live as well as work under the best possible conditions."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Ayers stopped and helped me unload. Set up stove etc. I built a fire and then with Ayers went down to his house where with my wife and child and I…"

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

"Bag Mill bachelor housing, Rumford, 1946Greater Rumford Area Historical Society These years of war presented a big challenge to all American…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"These apartment complexes housed many of the less well-paid workers of the mills. According to a Rumford Falls Times article of August 4, 1923 by a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… be obliged to clear and seed 20 acres, set up a house 18 feet square, have 50 living apple trees on the land within six years from the first of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… residence occupied the site of the Henry Parks house. Dr. Arad Farwell was another early physician, as well as Dr. Tracy. Henry W."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… for the welfare of others, such as in adequate housing and education. It might be said that he was born with visions of tomorrow in his eyes."

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

"It was to house a new lime kiln, 275 feet in length. This, again, was to save chemicals from the process."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"However, this old church with its steeple that houses that old, melodious brass bell is still a beacon of hope to all who seek respite within its…"

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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