Keywords: River driving
Item 34358
Log Drive, Androscoggin River, Turner, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Turner Museum and Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Turner Media: Photographic print
Item 8413
Driving crew, Pleasant River, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Logging on Kennebec River
I became interested in the Kennebec River log drive when my grandfather would tell me stories. He remembers watching the logs flow down the river from his home in Fairfield, a small town along the Kennebec River.
Exhibit
Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.
Site Page
Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive
"Kennebec River Log Drive by Michael Hoy Log driving began in Maine on the Saco river in the 18th century."
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"The great spring river drives down the Penobscot brought the lumber to mills lining the river's shore where it was made ready for market."
Story
Black Is Beautiful
by Judi Jones
Gut-wrenching fear
Story
I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton
Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam
