Maine Memory Network

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

"… mountaintops, its mix of boreal and deciduous forests, clear lakes, and bold seashore. The artists were the forerunners of this group and several…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… in 1997, when the Mercy Recovery program moved to Forest Avenue. Hoping to expand McAuley, Sister Mary Laboure Morin, President of the Portland…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… to the age of East coast shipping and reliance on forest products. The nation turned to coal, iron, and oil."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Merrill Knight made the first clearing in the forest during the summer of 1794, cutting trees for burning and for building, while his family…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Felled trees were pulled out of the forests with teams of horses or oxen. Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and…"

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

"… passed through the area, taking advantage of the forest and sea. Champlain voyaged along this coast in 1604, naming islands as he traveled."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… strength, and with vigorous blows leveled forests and brought under cultivation a virgin soil, the fruits of which furnished abundant sustenance…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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

"… Village in 1803, taking advantage of the abundant forests. He sawed long and short lumber, shingles, clapboards and other products in this mill. Mr."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… facilitating the transportation of dairy and forest products to markets in Portland, Boston, New York and beyond."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… took through ancient North Yarmouth's dense forests. This exhibit is a brief history of how that wilderness was transformed by the creation of…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Bay were quite primitive at that time with dense forest extending to the water’s edge, few houses, the only roads being foot and horse paths."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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