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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"How many cords of wood have you sold? 9. What is the value of the products of your orchard? Dairy? Homemade or family goods? 10."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"… and father were young, their houses were made of wood and had a thatched roof. My grandmother cooked on a fire pit and got water from a well."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"Baskets were made locally, usually by Native Americans. The strips of wood used to make these baskets came from ash trees."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"… hung their clothes in the basement next to the wood stove. This process took a good portion of the day. Drying took all day."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"… few exceptions, the buildings were constructed of wood. For the most part, only the town’s business district used brick construction."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"Much of the town is wooded, with gentle hills that run from the borders along the river to the sea. The coast is dotted by small, rocky islands and…"

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

"… to settle the area as hostilities ended. Joseph Wood and John Roundy added their names in Jan 3rd 1762 to a petition “To His Excellency Francis…"

L.L. Bean Corporate Archives

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"Both floors were heated by a wood stove in the winter. Minturn student Marion Stinson recalls: "...we’d take a big potato and put it in a coffee can…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"Sanger Ann Fales Sanger Ruth Mayo Hauling wood Clearing land for orchard, wheat Hampden House Bar Bowling alleys Jes Crosman Sands Circus & Caravan…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"Harlow Wood & Bishop, stove & iron dealers Luther Cary Dora Spencer Joseph H. Garmon B.N. Thomas Heminway & Hersey Pendleton & Ross Ship Chandlers…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's plow, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… He wrote of the plow that he "went into the woods and found a pine tree with a root running out like a plough shear and I made a plough and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… a crooked limb which I found while gunning in the woods that I invented a cart tongue such as are in general use for boy and baby carriages now I…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… they were the largest stores in the city built of wood and were filled with dry goods groceries Rum hard ware fish salt &c." He noted that in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… it was the handsomist building I ever saw made of wood, although I have examined buildings that cost ten times as much yet the ingenuity and take…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… painted chrome yellow with yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no paint Resivoir scuttles cast iron set in granit square…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"Beginning in 1883, he and Joe ventured into the woods together every spring and fall for forty years."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… were not only on farms but were working in the woods logging). Lowell’s bought oats and corn in lots of five or six carloads."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… and in 1985 a subsidiary was initiated, Wood Chips, Inc., to utilize waste products and supply wood chips for energy for the plant as well as other…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… mill, and a lath mill (lath are thin strips of wood used as a foundation for layering plaster on the walls of houses)."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… village is composed of a score or two of little wood and canvas shanties, in which are sold a great variety of aboriginal trinkets, skins of seal…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… these families farmed, fished, dug clams and sold wood to ships which arrived here from distant places."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"The woods consist of pines, firs, and birches only. I named it Isle des Monts Déserts. The latitude is 44° 30'.” (This quote came from MEMOIR OF…"

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"They used pieces of wood for fire and to rebuild the buildings that were damaged. The people of Hallowell were soon back on track."