Keywords: firewood
Item 17563
Chopping firewood, Lobster Lake, 1909
Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Media: Photographic print
Item 58470
Ox team, Upper Main Street, Strong, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Strong Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Maine has some 17 million acres of forest land. But even on a smaller, more local scale, trees have been an important part of the landscape. In many communities, tree-lined commercial and residential streets are a dominant feature of photographs of the communities.
Exhibit
A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus
"… scarcities of land, hay, fish, lumber, timber and firewood in Southern New England’s old towns." A better life beckoned in the District of Maine…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem
"Generously shared firewood and nourishment kept families warm and fed while the storm steered them forcefully away from normal routines. Waiting..."
Story
The stories my parents told
by Henry Gartley
Stories from my immigrant parents, WWII, and my love of history.
Story
My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph
Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.
