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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"For a time birch pulp wood was shipped from Maine to him in Boston, but he soon realized that he needed to relocate his operations to a site where…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"A settler could either collect and sell the plain wood ash, or they could blanch it in a large vat, and boil it down to produce pot-ash (potash)."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… Iron Works." The large furnace was fueled by wood, cut nearby and turned into charcoal. Throughout the history of iron making at the site, problems…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864

"Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"1900Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Percival Baxter and Katahdin, ca. 1962Baxter State Park Del worked for the State of Maine in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"Gleason, attend to the objects of the wood, the rock, the teams, the hay, the wood for home consumption, the care of the buildings, and everything…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"While Stevens continued to work in the Shingle Style into the twentieth century, the more formal Colonial Revival style came to dominate his work."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"… so a permanent "privy vault" was constructed of wood, brick, or stone. Workers removed the "night soil" when the privy was full."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… that was destroyed in a storm in 1995 has wood for the fires stacked up against it. In the left foreground is the Skinning/Packing Shed where the…"

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."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand. Coal experienced no advance in price. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934 Lubec Historical Society By…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The work was there for whoever needed it. We women used to have a good time. It was hard work but we all knew one another; we were like a family.”…"

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."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Streetscape, 1790-1930

"… of Brown and Congress streets), is a two-story, wood-frame residence that was built in about 1760."

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

"… released a series of photographs called “The Woods of Maine,” which he worked on for 20 years, between 1883 and 1903."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"… has uploaded narratives and artifacts from the wood products industry, history of town schools, groups and organizations, and the story of the…"

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

"Thomas Hunter built a wood mill in 1813 and a gristmill soon after. William Pottle built the first tannery."

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

"Looking To The Future The town has seen its wood products base disappear, but changes in the first decade of the 21st Century reflect the optimism of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The cover of Songs from the Woods of Maine, by Julia H. May in 1894, is shown at right, with the poem, The Happy Hills of Strong, from that book."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… her first book of poetry, Forest Buds from the Woods of Maine, under the pseudonym Florence Percy."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"All the fields, pastures and wooded areas between the Libby farm and the village were searched. Late in the afternoon searchers came upon a spot on…"