Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The lombard log hauler would carry forty thousand logs to one hundred thousand logs. It had a ski in the front for snow, two tracks in the back for…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"Vivian Richards Logging, Byron, ca. 1900Byron Historical Society Byron is a small town located in the northeast corner of Oxford County."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… farmer and needed to return to the hard labor of logging. The next winter he went with a crew of men to work at a location twelve miles into the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… and its tributaries roiled with a winter’s logs? Each of the 12 towns in the Western Foothills School District (RSU 10) has its own history and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"The crew constructed an approximately 100 ft. long bridge from the top of the dam to the gatehouse. The gatehouse was to be of a circular form with a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"East Dixfield’s history has been long-forgotten by most until recent years with the addition of new people from a new generation who have shown a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… from all points of the town to hold a day-long gathering to vote on important elected positions of the town and to discuss the building of roads…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… high speed coated paper machine, the 523 foot long No. 12 machine. Room also was required to house new super calenders."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… it was announced that Oxford had entered into a long-term contract to supply the paper requirements for the National Geographic Magazine."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"However, in spite of all efforts, a long-burning fire occurred in 1919 and required extensive measures to extinguish."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"Long Logs on the Kennebec X For nearly 100 years, massive log drives covered the river shore to shore, shooting downstream during the spring’s…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Unmarked logs were free for the taking. Bunk houses with adjoining cook and mess shacks were erected on rafts and anchored on the Chelsea side of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep

"1890Hubbard Free Library How do you earn your daily bread? How do you keep the roof over head? Where do you toil the whole day long? How do you…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Building

"… for the purpose of housing these two companies. Sources William, Arthur M. From Logs to Electricity. Presque Isle: Maine Public Service, 1989."

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"These logs at most burned slowly. There were also no matches at the time. But even so, the Cascade hand tub was a valuable asset to the Hallowell…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"The earliest logs were cut from around the falls. By the end of the 18th century the logs were being sent down from Fryeburg and points north."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"The next year, the new steam log hauler made its first trip to the woods. At the peak of Stockholm’s industrial development it was estimated that 330…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… later years transported great quantities of long logs, and later pulp, from far in the northern forests around Moosehead Lake, down to the lumber…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"There was also the adze, a tool like an axe used for shaping and dressing wood. It was different from an axe because it had a long and slender…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… portion of Lot 67, likely by rolling them on logs or skids and with the help of family members and a team of oxen. A.C."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"Even then, he still logged. Evidently, logging was a very big part of his life. Drawing of the Corro House, built by Jacob Stinchfield Drawn by…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… followed the trail to the last house, which was log and belonged to Mr. Rumford Smith. They followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… later, when carpenter William Roberts built a log cabin close to the beach. John Clement, a cooper, brought his family five years later."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"Aghast at the prospect of a logging operation along the main road into Asticou and Northeast Harbor, Charles travelled to New York City in the night…"