Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… studs) as well as fifteen cords of hard wood (cut and hauled), and an annual salary of two hundred dollars in cash."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"First the trees had to be cut, then taken to the river. From there, the river drivers guided the logs to Bangor and boom operators sorted the logs."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Logging crews would cut wood in late summer and by winter roads were cleared for the dragging of logs to the river's edge."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… to leave a wagon or a gun, they either burnt or cut the wheels to pieces and threw the ammunition into a mudpuddle."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"Certain signs cut on trees marked paths from one home to another; and if marks were cut just right, the traveler could find his way after dark."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"So women ran the households. They cut and split firewood. They pickled, smoked and dried meat and fish. They tended the livestock."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"is South Carolina. I cut it from the coat of that Col. Bretton of the 6th S.C. Vols. Whom I captured at the Battle of Fair oaks."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… to build houses from hand and they would have to cut the wood by hand. Weatherbee Hardware helped with supplies to build houses for people."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… the Oxford Paper Company, coat both sides, then cut to sheet size, package, and ship to the customer."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… and crop damage and that the rail line had been cut: Lincoln Flood, 1947 from July 1, 1947 edition of Bangor Daily News X Following three…"

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

"… or until a sufficient amount of lumber had been cut. Wilson purchased the old mill about 1875 and used it as a saw, stave, and grist mill. Mr."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… tips for the manufacture of Christmas wreaths, cutting fire wood and raking blueberries offers seasonal employment."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Oldest Roosevelt son James actually cut the ribbon. However she observed the ceremony from a car. Mrs."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"And so until we got a chain saw and cut up those trees we couldn’t go anywhere. It was just totally blocked, and another neighbor’s tree fell across…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"City workers took a 12.5 percent pay cut, and Bangor actively sought participation in every federal program to spur employment."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"To market, it was cut into half-inch wide strips, and finally into three-quarter-inch inch pieces. The entire batch was dusted with cornstarch so…"

Acadian Archives

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… the capacity of the electric company and cut rates in half. This increased the profits of the company as now more people were able to afford…"

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

"… needed roads to get to their holdings to start cutting the valuable woodland and eventually establish homesteads."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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