Keywords: Baileyville
Item 16964
Bailey home, Baileyville, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Alexander-Crawford Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Woodland Media: Photographic print
Item 80033
Pulpwood Chute at Silver Lake, Township 26 ED, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Joyce Carle through Princeton Public Library Date: circa 1955 Location: Township 26 ED Media: Slide
Exhibit
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
