Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"In the mid-1800s much of Maine north and west of Caribou was unbroken forest. The ridges and hilltops were covered by sugar maple, beech, and ash…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… “Vacationland,” where they enjoyed Maine's forests, mountains, and vast coastline. Many of these visitors headed “downeast” towards Acadia National…"

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."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Forest resources were utilized right away, and "pine boards and staves (for barrells) and clapboards" were among the first things made for trading…"

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."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"A poor growing season and forest fires exacerbated the situation. Persistence and the determination to survive have been credited as the reasons the…"

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."

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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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…"

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."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"John River, and state interests mobilized, especially in the US Senate, to reject the proposal, although it had other more pro-American dimensions."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… of land should then be placed in the charge of a forester and his assistants; the lakes and streams should be stocked with valuable fish; the…"

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…"

Portland Public Library

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Mr. Forest Strickland purchased the site and built a smaller mill, this mill operated for many years and emplyed many local people."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"While water provided the power, the forests and fields provided the raw materials: first and foremost timber, but also grains, hay, hops, apples…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… although the surrounding area was still heavily forested. Shipbuilding activity picked up on the river, and wharves were built for the transfer of…"

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

"Mead, a $5 billion forest products company based in Dayton, Ohio, produced coated papers for periodicals, catalogs, books, and commercial printing."

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… Not an easy life those early days, roadless dense forest isolating the early lightkeepers from the small farming population in North Lubec."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The soil was rich and well drained; abundant forests spread over the landscape; smaller water sources provided sites for future mills."

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."

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…"