Keywords: Lumberjacks
Item 20571
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Maine Media: Photographic print
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Piles of logs along the Saco River, ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Postcard
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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.
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Music in Maine - Music in Maine
"Lumberjack work chants and sailor shanties differ from operas sung by 19th century Maine divas. Yet they are all uniquely Maine sounds."
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World
"Lumberjacks had spiked boots that made it so they wouldn’t slip on the logs, which was extremely important."
