Maine Memory Network

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

"I think I can buy hardwood logs if wish to so that as to timber we can be supplied. As to the filling, it seems to me that as there is a large amount…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"Hardwood Products Company Following a variety of small, one man saw mills, one of the first manufacturers utilizing forest products on a large scale…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"Drapers Mill & Edes Building, Guilford, ca. 1940Guilford Historical Society After World War Ⅱ, in 1947, Drapers Mill was founded by Fletcher Pride."

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

"… purchased rights to great tracts of land for hardwood supplies in Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia."

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

"Today, GWF produces premium grade hardwood pellet fuel. They employ 15 people in raw material receiving and processing, pellet production, packaging…"

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… of Maine's website; True Textiles, Inc, 2010 Hardwood Products Company: Celebrating 75 Years of Service, Company History Boolet, 1994 Town of…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… there was a devastating fire that destroyed the Hardwood Products Mill. Guilford rebuilt the following year, relying on volunteerism and community…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… Somes Sound offered running water and plenty of hardwood. He pitched his camp there. Then he returned to Gloucester for his family and set to work."

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

"The hardwood flooring in Chase Memorial Hall was sawed in this mill. The grist mill had the first right to the power and John."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Most new settlers chose hardwood areas to clear as their titles required them to clear at least five acres."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"But optimism soon took hold again as Hardwood Products Company was named Exporter of the Year, new looms were installed at Interface, Pride’s grew…"