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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… not really roads but Indian footpaths through the woods. Generally the trails followed firm ground rather than a direct course, avoiding swamps and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"A few years later it was sold to William R. Wood, of Portland, who was proprietor in 1904 and ran the business as The United Packers, with a capacity…"

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

"… at the age of 25, was the manufacturing of wood fiber tableware which was lost to fire. His next was to establish the Umbagog Pulp Company at…"

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

"… Co-Generation Company, which could burn oil, wood bio-mass, coal, chipped rubber, auto tires, and natural gas as fuel to produce steam at 1250 psi…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… probably in 1866, and worked various places -- Wood Bishop & Co. foundry, National Insurance Co., and probably other businesses in the area."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"What sets it apart is its unusual, wood cut illustrations, depicting, and occasionally naming local, tipplers."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… kinds of elevations provided a variety of wood, “…maple, birch, beach, (sic) ash, elm, basswood, pine, hemlock, fir, spruce, cedar with some oak on…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… were exchanged for cash, beef, pork, flour and wood products. The town entered a period of growth and prosperity and in 1820, the year that Maine…"

Acadian Archives

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… have a secondary source of heat, we didn’t burn wood or anything. So, as the day progressed and we realized that the heat wasn’t coming back on, we…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… critical to the top-secret operation was the high wood and barbed wire fence with its “No Admittance” signs that surrounded the facility."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… except that many were involved in harvesting of wood for shipbuilding and heating purposes. Also, early notations in "Vital Records of Islesboro"…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"They found a land totalling 6,000 acres, mostly wooded with little good timber, barren ledges and swamps."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… landscape of our towns is very different today, wooded now where once sheep and cattle grazed the fields, keeping down growth and preserving wide…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… then, such as Morse and Company, offered wood products for home and business. Long term, but small foundries consolidated in an effort to survive…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He would rough out the roads in the woods. While doing this, he noticed sap on a fallen spruce. His father would take the strips of the resin and…"

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

"C.H. Bartlett soon rebuilt a modern wood turning plant. A new water wheel with metal penstock and housing was installed which was rated for 150 horse…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… on its side, the bottom rammed firmly against the wood piling. The Canadians scrambled onto the trestle, never getting their feet wet."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… and paying a teacher, in addition to providing wood, water, and crude furniture. And the sums of money allocated to each district school appeared…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould was very fond of the woods and enjoyed studying the native plants, flowers, and wildlife. Presque Isle Historical Society Arthur Gould…"

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

"… churchgoers had a stream to ford and brush and woods to beat back! In January 1794, a group of settlers petitioned the "Court of the General…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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