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Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Sources: The Continental Paper Bag Company press, 1905 H. Schedler Photo Engraving, New York Kiesling Bros. Press, New York"

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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"… 2004: Lincoln Pulp and Paper and Eastern Fine Paper in Brewer shut down due to financial troubles of the parent company, Eastern Pulp & Paper Corp…"

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

"… steam power to drive the steam engines of each paper machine, dry the paper, cook the pulp, and heat the buildings found a need for a new and…"

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

"… similar to that, many years prior, between Oxford Paper Company and the Maine Coated Paper Co. Boise Cascade Corp."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Shortly after the startup of these four paper machines, the Oxford Paper Company secured what was then considered one of the most valuable contracts…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"Mr. Chisholm left his position after four years as Vice President of Paper Manufacturing of Ethyl Corp."

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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Mills & Paper Industry Beginnings Text by George King, Lincoln Historical Society Sorting gap, North Lincoln, 1910Lincoln Historical Society…"

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Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum

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Lincoln, Maine - Pulp and paper mill, Lincoln, 1945 - Page 1 of 2

"Pulp and paper mill, Lincoln, 1945 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description An aerial view of the pulp and paper mill in…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Pulp & Paper Mill, Lincoln, 1957 - Page 1 of 2

"Lincoln Pulp & Paper Mill, Lincoln, 1957 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description Recovery Boiler and pulp room under…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866 Map of lots on Maquoit & Merriconeeg, ca. 1719Maine Historical Society Coll."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… partnership with his brother, in 1861, to publish papers for this system. During this time, he became friends with another newsboy about his age…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"and Mrs. Clayton Laplant Jed Beach, Thesis “Outside Eden”, 2003 Ruth Kidder Papers, DHS Coll.#139 "Bicentennial Calendar", information from DHS…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"Leane and Elliott E. “Bud” Burns, The Oxford Paper Company, 1958; A History of Rumford, Maine 1774-1972 by John J. Leane and 1972-2000 by Elliott E."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Rumford Falls Sulphite Company; the Continental Paper Bag Company; and finally, the Oxford Paper Company."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… were stored on the grounds of the International Paper Company and the Oxford Paper Company were constantly sprayed with water to reduce the…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… products of every description: lumber, paper, flour, leather, shoes, toothpicks, bowling pins, clothespins, shingles, barrels, tool handles."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… worker and an able correspondent of the local papers. An excerpt from his diary reads: I packed my goods, loaded them and started for Mann Hill…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… were built in the rivers, in the early days of paper mills. The rivers were the main way of getting the logs to the mills at that time."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"… School Portland and Rumford Falls Sunday Paper Train August 1898, BuckfieldGreater Rumford Area Historical Society Buckfield was first…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"Leane (1858) and Rumford Historical Society and Elliot E. “Bud” Burns (1972) Paper Times, August, 1976 “The Man”"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… realized the economic possibilities of the Oxford Paper Company bringing jobs to the area, he purchased a large tract of land that became known as…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… boom due to the construction of the Oxford Paper Company across the Androscoggin River in Rumford."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Early Government In 1805, riders brought official papers from Boston to Paris proclaiming the founding of Oxford County, and Paris Hill as the county…"