Maine Memory Network

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

"They built their log houses during the summer, went back to Beverly and Andover Massachusetts before winter and came the following year with their…"

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

"Unmarked logs were free for the taking. Bunk houses with adjoining cook and mess shacks were erected on rafts and anchored on the Chelsea side of the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Early 1600s ships' logs had accounts of fishing and fur trading along the coast. Fish, particularly cod, was abundant and a very profitable commodity…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"They built log houses with simple furniture, surviving on the island’s resources through long winters with only the occasional sailboat connecting…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… settlers sided the houses with planks, hewed the logs flat on the inside and filled the chinks with moss to reduce draughts, and covered the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Building

"… for the purpose of housing these two companies. Sources William, Arthur M. From Logs to Electricity. Presque Isle: Maine Public Service, 1989."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Edging took the trim off the logs. Finally, the logs were dried, planed, and shipped to the market. Stickney & Page Dam, Cascade, Hallowell…"

Moosehead Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"These logs at most burned slowly. There were also no matches at the time. But even so, the Cascade hand tub was a valuable asset to the Hallowell…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… been assigned to command the militia, rebuilt his log house and another blockhouse near the Narrows on the Georges River."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"The next year, the new steam log hauler made its first trip to the woods. At the peak of Stockholm’s industrial development it was estimated that 330…"

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

"Finally, the lumberman sawed the logs into lumber for shipment. Companies from around the world came to Bangor for the huge amount of revenue waiting…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… an East Surry schoolmaster went from log house to log house teaching the pupils one-on-one to know the letters and to say the catechism."

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

"When W.W. Thomas and the first group of Swedes arrived on July 23, 1870, however, Burleigh's work was not yet finished - only six of the 25 log…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He used the house as a boarding house for men working at the sawmill and working in lumbering. This house became known as the Springer House."

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Web. 03 May 2011. <http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logging>. Snell, Katherine H and Vincent P. Ledew. Historic Hallowell."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… portion of Lot 67, likely by rolling them on logs or skids and with the help of family members and a team of oxen. A.C."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"In 1929 Curtis Wright Corporation built a nearby log cabin intended as a barracks for a summer flight school."

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The last drive was in 1976, and huge logging trucks have replaced the river in the transporting of logs to the mills."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… followed the trail to the last house, which was log and belonged to Mr. Rumford Smith. They followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed…"

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…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"Even then, he still logged. Evidently, logging was a very big part of his life. Drawing of the Corro House, built by Jacob Stinchfield Drawn by…"