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Historical Items

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Item 69114

A large log runs through the saw, Starbird Lumber Co., Strong, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print

Item 9792

B. C. Jordan Lumber Co., Alfred, 1919

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1919 Media: Photographic print

Item 101000

Lumber piling, Scribner's Mill, Harrison, ca. 1940

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1940 Location: Harrison Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend

Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.

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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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Yarmouth: Leader in Soda Pulp

Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.

Site Pages

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

"1910Bangor Public Library The Decline of Lumber The lumbering industry of Bangor started to take a decline in the late 1800s."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"Starbird Lumber Co.Strong Historical Society Starbird Lumber Co. In 1887, 30-year-old Clinton V. Starbird purchased the Starbird mill in Freeman…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"… for men working at the sawmill and working in lumbering. This house became known as the Springer House."

My Maine Stories

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My 40 years in Forestry and the Paper Industry in Maine
by Donna Cassese

I was the first female forester hired by Scott Paper and continue to find new uses for wood.

Story

A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference