Maine Memory Network

Falmouth Foreside, ca. 1906

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1906 Location: Falmouth Foreside Media: Postcard

Falmouth Mill, Jay, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: circa 1885 Location: Jay Media: Photographic print

Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making

Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.

Making Paper, Making Maine

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.

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1789; Daniel Lunt of Falmouth in 1790; John Fox of Portland in 1792; in 1794 to Isaac Thompson, Joshua Eddy, and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… to both sides of Waldo Street and to houses on Falmouth and Hancock Streets, that additional help was needed to contain the blaze."