Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… and had to arrive at school early, bring in the wood or coal and keep the fire going throughout the day."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… where, for a time, loads of coal and pulp wood waited for the freighters to arrive. Those settling on Toddy Pond eked out livings as farmers too…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… buildings were constructed almost exclusively of wood and were often built close together. When one building caught fire, others generally became…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Colby College Special Collections

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Mr. Arnold, one of Haley's employees, had just walked across the 100 pound piece of pine wood when he heard the board strike the ground."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"The building was made of wood with a brick foundation. Charles Weiner became the president of this establishment, and David Haskell was the treasurer."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… sawmill, gristmill, electric-power plant, novelty wood turning mill, and an axe factory. A butter factory, Carrabassett Creamery, was organized as…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… in mills and lumber companies rather than in the woods. The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… that was destroyed in a storm in 1995 has wood for the fires stacked up against it. In the left foreground is the Skinning/Packing Shed where the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"The original building was made of brick with wood dentils and very detailed window borders; the foundation was made of granite."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"The woods about the camp are almost alive with Squirels, Hares, Phesants, with any quantity of Birds and some Snaix."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… We are very pleasantly located – have plenty of wood —build five places in our little shelter tents, and live like nabobs.—(minus the pomp) We have…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Mrs. Virgil Kline, a descendant of Joseph Wood, one of Blue Hill's founders, was director of an opera company in Boston."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"… is more land and there is a river so that the wood could float down to the mill. Conclusion: My guess was wrong."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… room to grow, to build their own house with the wood from the forest, and to have extra farming land. They chose Lincoln for all of those reasons."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… houses from hand and they would have to cut the wood by hand. Weatherbee Hardware helped with supplies to build houses for people."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Space for fish stages and wood to build them were needed and were plentiful along the Maine coast. Territory for fish stages was allotted on a…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… industry A shift in shipbuilding from wood to steel put Maine at a major disadvantage in an industry where the state previously had considerable…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Maine State Museum

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Seashore Trolley Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… men to work at a location twelve miles into the woods from the nearest dwelling. They traveled through four feet of snow, but could not find the…"