Maine Memory Network

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."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand. Coal experienced no advance in price. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934 Lubec Historical Society By…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"From deep wood teepees they would track deer, caribou, moose, and bear. They would use a bow and arrow to catch the animals in a snow drift."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… its population, than Rumford, and none had more men killed in action or died from wounds.” Rumford sent men to World War I, World War II, the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"… made of bricks, and the other two were made of wood. During the time it was open, the hotel was a popular place for weddings. In 1874, John H."

Colby College Special Collections

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

"The woods about the camp are almost alive with Squirels, Hares, Phesants, with any quantity of Birds and some Snaix."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"They used a lot of white birch wood from the local area and they used different machines that upgraded and changed over time."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… came to the Colony, and large amounts of wood products and potatoes were shipped off to new markets in the south."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"Labor intensive saw mills, woolen mills, and wood related businesses, along with hydroelectric facilities, took their place along the flowing…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… fire had started on the first floor due to an old wood stove. Next, the fire spread to the upper floors."

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

"… job driving lumber in the heavily forested Maine woods. However, with this great expansion in population, the need for human services increased."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"It was built out of wood and then later out of brick. It was a hardware store on the first floor and the First National Bank on the second floor."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Alive with new possibilities these men began settling uninhabited areas of Western Maine. (Liberty Men and the Great Proprietors, Alan Taylor) As…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"… is more land and there is a river so that the wood could float down to the mill. Conclusion: My guess was wrong."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the journey and the bateaux constructed from this wood were leaking and extremely heavy to maneuver."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… critical to the top-secret operation was the high wood and barbed wire fence with its “No Admittance” signs that surrounded the facility."

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

"The sawmills and wood product producers that once thrived have closed due to foreign competition and a poor woods market."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Encountering dense fog off Wood Island, Captain Lermond anchored off the eastern end of Stratton Island but dragged anchor onto a ledge during a gale."

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"The building was made of wood with a brick foundation. Charles Weiner became the president of this establishment, and David Haskell was the treasurer."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… We are very pleasantly located – have plenty of wood —build five places in our little shelter tents, and live like nabobs.—(minus the pomp) We have…"