Keywords: Wood
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4
"Space for fish stages and wood to build them were needed and were plentiful along the Maine coast. Territory for fish stages was allotted on a…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties
"… industry A shift in shipbuilding from wood to steel put Maine at a major disadvantage in an industry where the state previously had considerable…"
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Winter Harbor Historical Society
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid
"… men to work at a location twelve miles into the woods from the nearest dwelling. They traveled through four feet of snow, but could not find the…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4
"Jewelry makers, painters, photographers, wood-carvers, knitters, crocheters, spinners, weavers all offer their wares at these events."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4
"… effort despite frightening shortages of manpower, wood, chemicals, and the supplies normally needed in the operation of its mills? It took careful…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4
"The wood processing faculties were old and tired, necessitating the building of a new woodroom in 1966."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford
"… the result of unsupervised candles, lanterns, wood or oil stoves, or cigarettes from human hands. Rumford experienced numerous expensive fires."
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"… and the eastern border’s terminus at Lake of the Woods (the intersection of modern-day Ontario, Minnesota, and Manitoba) were negotiated with…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst
"… by cutting crews and sportspeople in the big woods in spite of Prohibition laws. Vanilla, with an alcoholic content, was imbibed by the truly…"
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Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music
"… of the instruments from the washers to the bent wood. The Maine Country Music Hall of Fame inducted Cox in 2000 and the International Bluegrass…"
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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum
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"He operated a wood mill in Arundel and actively supported the colonists in the Revolution. This was Stephen Titcomb’s heritage as he prepared to…"
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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2
"… of the package in the form of nails, splinters of wood and bits of the lettering are eagerly sought for as relics of our hundred year remembrance.”…"
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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"… Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association But wood rots. Salt spray and dominating fog wreaked severe deterioration within twenty years."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block
"Pat Hennin, who owned Wood Butcher tools from 1991-1999, and a Century 21 real estate business in 1999."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter
"… morn, we formed in a line of battle in the woods and marched out across the battlefield and barged on a fort, the principal one at Williamsburg…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life
"… Office, Saddle Horses, [and] Excellent Livery” (Wood 73). The Inn offered the public performances of a small orchestra on Saturday evenings."
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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"… (remains of which can still be found in the woods), sheds and stables. Blue Hill Fair, ca."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2
"Encountering dense fog off Wood Island, Captain Lermond anchored off the eastern end of Stratton Island but dragged anchor onto a ledge during a gale."