Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Plenty of trees and finished lumber were available. The first sawmill was built on Union River in 1768, and soon after, sawmills appeared on Patten…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… the windows in his house because of fear that tree limbs were going to crash through the windows. He also had two boats that were destroyed."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… Gift Shop, Blue Heron Restaurant, The Pub, Big Tree Boating, The Dark Harbor Shop Ice Cream Race, July 4th Parade and Chicken Barbeque, Sunset…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"In the spring of 1795 Mr. Knight returned to his land with some workers, or two of his sons, burned some of the felled trees in preparation of a…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"I was driving to work when I saw a lot of fallen trees in the woods and branches on the road. When I got to work everyone was scrambling to get where…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… region, the happy home of hundreds, and above the trees, the tapering spires of churches.” (Surry's Centennial Souvenir, 1903) At the cusp of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… up a house 18 feet square, have 50 living apple trees on the land within six years from the first of this month, or to forfeit to the Proprietary…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"After Peggy died, Pine Tree Cottage eventually came to the Farmington Historical Society. The members of the Historical Society took great care to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… will hold a complete fruit branch of the banana tree. These bags were made in three different departments, on machines turning a roll of paper into…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1920Islesboro Historical Society Islesboro was first settled in 1764 by Shubael Williams who built a log house next to Bounty Cove near the center…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… 1953 when Charles learned of the clearcutting of trees near Hadlock Pond above Asticou and on land bordering Route 198."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… of Guilford, and four of the remaining apple trees still sit in the backyard. The current owners of the Guilford Bed and Breakfast (Isobel and…"

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

"Hutchins, armed with an ax, felled trees and cleared a lot in the East Village. He built a log cabin and became the first resident, living one mile…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"In 1874, George Blanchard planted apple orchards on Broadmoor Farm, situated behind the Blanchard house at 371 Tuttle Road."

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

"… to the West Village in the year 1812 and felled trees and started a carding mill, hauling the machinery from Lisbon by the way of Strong."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Everyone cleared land and planted fruit trees and grew vegetables. They hunted. They made their clothing at home, beginning with raising the sheep…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… on cots made from bows under a low shelter of trees before they found the camp. Because of this adventure, his spinal problems increased."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… the American-born loggers moved west, where the trees were bigger and the pay greater. This left a vacuum in the woods, which was filled by French…"

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

"… marked with stone pillars and planted out with trees. Since the Civil War, many towns throughout New England had erected monuments such as the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"The leaves on the trees and ground were orange, yellow and brown. When Keith got to the fox pens his Pa wasn’t ready for the fall harvest."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… of six miles, and went right to work felling trees and making rifle pits to guard against such a surprise as befell General Grant at Pittsburg last…"

Bangor Public Library

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… posts, concrete and granite sidewalks, street trees, and removal of overhead wiring. Meanwhile, the library trustees turned the property over to…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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