Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"… halted for five years due to the distance of the timber to market. The mill could not compete with the growing number of mills in the state."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… still available and natural resources, such as timber and fish, were abundant. William and Phoebe Royall settled on the eastern side of the Royal…"

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

"… the 19th Century The first harvest was old growth timber. Felled trees were pulled out of the forests with teams of horses or oxen."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… Isle to Washburn to open up a new supply of timber for the mill and at a cheaper price. He approached the citizens of Washburn with the idea."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"The abundance of timber, good harbors and a demand for sailing vessels resulted in the development of the shipbuilding industry, which reached its…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… -- and of what must have seemed like endless timber resources in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… prosperity to area farmers, who harvested the timber, and to blacksmiths, carpenters, ship-chandlers and other suppliers of materials needed to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"In later years, after all the timber around the lake was cut, the lumbermen began cutting around Folsom and Upper Ponds, sending the wood down the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Richard bought 3,000 acres of land in Dunstan, which was divided into several farms. A successful merchant, he was also a farmer, owner of trading…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… moved to Michigan to scout out and cut down the timber there, which he did until his death in 1873."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… 6,000 acres, mostly wooded with little good timber, barren ledges and swamps. Only one third of the land was good for farming, but the fishing was…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… Office prior to 1936, Harold obtained some of the timbers from the old house and kept them in his barn on Orchard Street."

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

"Although inland trading provided some benefit, in general the Embargo Act was an economic disaster, and was repealed in 1809."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… can throw a bucket is crowding around the burning timber. Water and more help is coming, but I do not think it will be enough."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… gauge railroads allowed for the quick movement of timber south and tourists north. For the first time in western Maine’s history, rural communities…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The opening of the vast timber reserves of the northwestern part of the United States and the completion of the transcontinental railroads helped to…"

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