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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"A boot and shoe factory, a brick mill, a sawmill and a clothespin factory opened, and other businesses that followed also flourished because people…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… have switched to pellet boilers, and the mill contributes significantly to the town's tax base."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… catered, had food sales, sold lunches at the mills, had booths at the county fair, and sold chances on quilts and other donated items."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"Ira Fish impacted the town because he built the first sawmill in the town. This helped the town then and the town now."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Many of the women worked at the mill while still in their teens. Adeline Gallant recalled the mill closing so the women could go see the men leave to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… with empty shipping boxes for Forster’s Toothpick Mill, crashed through the deck of the bridge to the riverbank below."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… Boston, was authorized to build the first grist mill, the first saw mills and develop the water power that flows out of Lake Webb, down Webb River…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… owned and operated wood turning and matchstick mills, built iconic buildings in the downtown area and served the community in the House of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… was saved by a volunteer bucket brigade from the Mill Stream behind it. All the rescued goods were stored in the nearby Methodist Church, while the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"… white settlers arrived, referred to it as “middle town” on the Mussul Unsquit, his name for the Sandy River."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… Day Mountain Pond to a point below the dam, the town had to install a suction pump to keep water supplied to the town."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"The Rumford mill fit perfectly into Boise's growing family of pulp and paper mills. It equipped the company with its first major manufacturing…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"These rivers provided the opportunities for small mills to produce lumber and shingles, shovel handles, grains from the grist mills, cheese and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… topics that would be important to the town and to us. For some topics it was a real challenge to find information; for other topics we found a lot…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… come and go: spruce gum, several lumber mills, farming, mining of phosphate, and even gold mining, which continues today."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"The rivers were the main way of getting the logs to the mills at that time. The piers were built on the river ice during the winter months (January…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"Individual donations to the Library; to mill workers at Christmas, and park maintenance were also attributed to him."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… the bridge and to the north, upon which several mills and a marble factory were built. <- Prev. Page .............................. Next Page ->"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… Project, to develop a web-based project about the town's history. The project team, comprised of Historical Society members, the Strong Public…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"However, the growth of the mills had also greatly increased the need for water, beyond the capabilities of these facilities."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"… stopped all of the other towns that relied on the mill and the train for supplies. Works Cited "Children." Personal Glimpses Of The Early Settlers…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"First Two Machines at Oxford Mill, Rumford, ca. 1901Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Production at the new mill began on November 9, 1901…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"There are still many small businesses, often in local homes, to support other local needs in this little town of a little over 1600 people."

Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"… came to Lincoln and the Library and Worsted Mill was built. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."