Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… passed through the area, taking advantage of the forest and sea. Champlain voyaged along this coast in 1604, naming islands as he traveled."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… you can still look at some of the trees in the forest that are still bent over and damaged. Q: Please use one word to describe the Hallowell Ice…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… facilitating the transportation of dairy and forest products to markets in Portland, Boston, New York and beyond."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Merrill Knight made the first clearing in the forest during the summer of 1794, cutting trees for burning and for building, while his family…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… strength, and with vigorous blows leveled forests and brought under cultivation a virgin soil, the fruits of which furnished abundant sustenance…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The soil was rich and well drained; abundant forests spread over the landscape; smaller water sources provided sites for future mills."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… took through ancient North Yarmouth's dense forests. This exhibit is a brief history of how that wilderness was transformed by the creation of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The forest provided game for the table. As land was cleared, wheat and corn were planted later to be turned into flour, food crops were planted, as…"

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

"… Village in 1803, taking advantage of the abundant forests. He sawed long and short lumber, shingles, clapboards and other products in this mill. Mr."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Bay were quite primitive at that time with dense forest extending to the water’s edge, few houses, the only roads being foot and horse paths."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… when their sites were covered with the original forest growth, when the river was the only highway and the spotted line the only guide through the…"