Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… found someone hauling a load of wood to carry the cedar out of the woods for him. He wrote, "These chairs are wholly built of cedar with the bark…"

Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… ash, elm, basswood, pine, hemlock, fir, spruce, cedar with some oak on the highlands and hackmetack on the lowlands.” (History of Farmington Maine…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Settlers made and sold cedar shingles as well and some towns accepted the shingles as currency. As early as 1838, authorities were touting the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Joseph Dodge was wounded at Cedar Creek, Virginia, in October of 1864 and was mustered out on April 18, 1866. He married Olive True."