Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The woodworking shop milled lumber and produced cut lumber and moldings for carpenters and cabinetmakers, and also produced wood-block patterns for…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… of ship measurement requirements would harvest lumber and oversee its transport back to Thomaston."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"The completed brooms were transported by wagon back to the railroad depot on Knox Street for shipment to various sales outlets."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Sloops transported several Scotch-Irish settlers and their cattle to populate the area, and they were housed in thirty log cabins constructed between…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… and his son, John, traded in sugar, molasses, and lumber with the West Indies. In 1806 he became the first president of the Penobscot Bank in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"As lumber supplies there were depleted, several individuals relocated their shipyards downriver to Thomaston, which became the more active of the two…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"Bangor became the lumber capital of the world. boat pulling logs across Moosehead Lake X Logging started with the contractor- he selected the…"

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

"… to the back lots of Ancient North Yarmouth where lumber and agricultural land was more available and affordable."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… sell the logs to citizens who were in need of lumber. People used logs to make houses,build ships, create fires, heat their homes, and cook food."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"Trees cut for lumber near Walnut Hill village were used to build ships in Yarmouth’s harbor; farms produced crops that were sold in the village and…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… than 850 men to harvest 24 million board feet of lumber. Abner Coburn, who also served as Maine's 30th Governor in 1863-64, was additionally…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… of his brother Ralph, use the barn timbers and lumber to frame and construct a 13-stall automobile storage garage for their Asticou Garage summer…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"In her letters to John when he was away at a lumber camp in winter, Ida describes daily challenges: the cow drying up, firewood stolen from the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The lumber trade, which had been the prinicipal means for purchasing provisions was in enemy hands. Food was practically non-existent."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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