Keywords: white pine
Item 13334
Old Pine on East Hastings Brook, 1892
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1892-06-08 Location: Merrill Media: Photographic print
Item 101037
Thinning in white pine stand on farm, Sagadahoc County, 1938
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1938 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Music in Maine - Country Music
"… of the generation before him, like Hal Lone Pine and Al Hawkes, and toured with Betty Cody in the 1970s."
Site Page
Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music
"Hal Lone Pine and the Lone Pine Mountaineers Hal Lone Pine, Auburn, ca. 1950Maine Historical Society The Lone Pine Mountaineers, Bangor…"
Story
A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton
A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
