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Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"They also might be responding to forest fires. There are two numbers to call if there is a emergency: 911 or 112."

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

"Almost 90 percent of Maine was heavily forested land. Maine's white pine, an ideal wood with many uses was used for masts for ships, lobster traps…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The soil was rich and well drained; abundant forests spread over the landscape; smaller water sources provided sites for future mills."

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… and helped fight fires considerably, even though fires were few and far between because houses were made of heavy cut wood from the forest regions…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"A fire was reported to her, and she would call the fire department. When people heard the alarm in town, they would call her to ask where the fire…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… also contained floating logs timbered from nearby forests. On each log was an identity mark, so the pickers and sorters could identify the logs…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… of land should then be placed in the charge of a forester and his assistants; the lakes and streams should be stocked with valuable fish; the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… you can still look at some of the trees in the forest that are still bent over and damaged. Q: Please use one word to describe the Hallowell Ice…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822, but one of the the most dramatic fires occurred in 1939 when the old Grange Hall burned…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… “Vacationland,” where they enjoyed Maine's forests, mountains, and vast coastline. Many of these visitors headed “downeast” towards Acadia National…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… plateau where the fires built a niche in the forest close by the banks of a beautiful bay. Then the coming of the English settler, bearing the ax…"

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… partner Ship hulls were built from trees in the forests of the Hallowell area in Maine. The trees themselves could take up to half a year until…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"Seventeen million acres of forest were damaged, and five million became once again damaged. Estimates for natural resource losses exceeded one…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… along with other family members up the hill to Forest Hill Cemetery, Northeast Harbor Maine – Savages seem to be always on the move, dead or alive…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… cut hay in the salt marshes and turned ancient forest trails into paths and dirt roads. I mean now to give you a history of my discovering of the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"(In 1947 a disastrous fire destroyed the plant, and production was redirected to other plants in Maine."

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Platt, David D. (editor), Penobscot The Forest, River and Bay. Island Institute, 1996. Surry's Centennial Souvenir, 1903. Varney, George J."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… tramping across the bare summits and through the forest, all the while collecting and observing natural history."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… mountaintops, its mix of boreal and deciduous forests, clear lakes, and bold seashore. The artists were the forerunners of this group and several…"

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

"Mr. Forest Strickland purchased the site and built a smaller mill, this mill operated for many years and emplyed many local people."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… 3 across from the Inn to northward as far as Forest Hill Cemetery, came into the joint ownership of Mame and her two surviving brothers, Richard M…"

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

"A poor growing season and forest fires exacerbated the situation. Persistence and the determination to survive have been credited as the reasons the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Sometimes I built a fire in a long stove, using odd pieces of discarded shovel blocks.” Everyone used the same long-handled dipper to drink from the…"