Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"After dipping each slender strip of ash wood into the hot, bright brew, women draped the long strands over lines to dry in the island breeze…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"Johnson. The regular building was made of wood with a brick foundation. The building had parts built onto it in 1894, expanding it all the way to the…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… newspaper articles, history of the Vaughan Woods and Homestead, annual reports, diaries, and many historic books. Students emailed Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… shipped to? The products shipped were: granite, wood ashes, lumber, sheep, chickens, and ice, according to Sam Webber, local historian."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… with the contractor- he selected the spot where wood was to be cut, and later dumped in rivers. If it was deep in the forest, roads were needed to…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"Labor intensive saw mills, woolen mills, and wood related businesses, along with hydroelectric facilities, took their place along the flowing…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… patented a boring machine, which was used in the wood turning industry. The last thing he patented was a spring-tooth rake."

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

"The sawmills and wood product producers that once thrived have closed due to foreign competition and a poor woods market."

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."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Made of vegetable ivory, bakelite, wood, metal, hard rubber, horn, shells, and glass. Carved and painted into the buttons are various designs: lines…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand. Coal experienced no advance in price. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934 Lubec Historical Society By…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… and vegetable gardens, hunted game in nearby woods and lived on fish and clams from the river under the watchful eyes of armed guards along the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"The Knox Hotel, a wood structure with a stable, and Thomaston Bank, housed in a granite building, joined several small dry goods stores."

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… 1/2 foot studs) as well as fifteen cords of hard wood (cut and hauled), and an annual salary of two hundred dollars in cash."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"Before it was built it was plain woods or a field. In 1965 the field did not have a grandstand anymore; a new backstop was constructed."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… fire had started on the first floor due to an old wood stove. Next, the fire spread to the upper floors."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… through different production stations (welding, wood, machine, and paint shops) and exit on the other side of the building a finished fire truck…"

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Davistown Museum

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… reveal that he helped get in the ice for summer, wood for winter, and hay for the animals. He lived on a farm on Roxbury Road in Mexico."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Webb River would prove invaluable to the wood industry sporting many a “log drive” in its heyday. Soon Mr."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"… so a permanent "privy vault" was constructed of wood, brick, or stone. Workers removed the "night soil" when the privy was full."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… vernacular forms and native materials such as wood shingles and local stone. While Stevens continued to work in the Shingle Style into the…"