Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Once he left his large log store and farmhouse, it was torn down by the person who purchased it. Aaron died in New York years later."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"They built log houses with simple furniture, surviving on the island’s resources through long winters with only the occasional sailboat connecting…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… settled in 1764 by Shubael Williams who built a log house next to Bounty Cove near the center of the island."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"With mechanization of logging and potato farming, the tribe’s economic role disappeared. The people were left to fend for themselves without any…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… curling smoke and dying flame they erected their log-cabins and hovels, and thither conducted in triumph their wives and children." (A History of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"After the tour, the two stopped to sit on a log and talk. Gould felt that the mill was in poor shape and needed quite a few repairs and improvements."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… one resource says that John was born in a log-cabin in Farmington. John, in his early years, tended toward wild and reckless."

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

"He built a log cabin and became the first resident, living one mile from his brother Samuel who settled in Embden."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"A log kept by the light keeper at West Quoddy Head recorded as many as 17 outbound and 15 inbound craft passing the Head in September 1874."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… ran into the woods, and he slept in between two logs for the night. Eventually he safely made it back to his group's tents."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"He cleared land and built a log house near what is now called Bounty Cove, mid-point on the island near the Narrows."

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