Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"1910Bangor Public Library The Decline of Lumber The lumbering industry of Bangor started to take a decline in the late 1800s."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"Many of us followed the workers to the mill and there was John MacGregor, smiling at the door, holding an envelope for each man."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"Starbird Lumber Co.Strong Historical Society Starbird Lumber Co. In 1887, 30-year-old Clinton V. Starbird purchased the Starbird mill in Freeman…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Many of the people in our town would be dead without the hospitals, which means there would be fewer jobs and workers."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… hurt or killed, and when you are a construction worker, you have to be careful and also try not to get hurt or killed because of the big machines…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The closing of the mills would cost 561 workers their jobs and impact nearly half of the town’s tax income. Building of tissue mill, Lincoln, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"There were also usually two workers per farm. When a mother fox didn’t take care of her young and a cat on the farm just had a litter, the owners…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Workers from Europe, especially Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, England, came to build the dams, canals, brick structures, and other…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"That first year, workers produced about 15,000 pounds of cheese, which was sold mostly to Lewiston and Portland businesses for 15¢ a pound."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"… Strathglass Park, a group of brick homes for the workers of the area. The Rumford Falls Realty (an outgrowth of the Rumford Falls Power Company)…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… organization was to support English immigrant worker integration into the Western Maine community."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"He was a very hard worker, demanding of himself and others, yet was concerned for the welfare of others, such as in adequate housing and education."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… Rumford Area Historical Society The many workers from Europe and Canada brought with them their Catholic heritages."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Mr. Park was an active temperance worker and an able correspondent of the local papers. An excerpt from his diary reads: I packed my goods, loaded…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… complexes housed many of the less well-paid workers of the mills. According to a Rumford Falls Times article of August 4, 1923 by a Mr."

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

"31, 1999, affecting about 200 workers and resulting in a $25 million charge to the company, mostly in the second quarter, to cover asset write-offs…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… Stockholm Lumber Company around 1900 where mill workers lived. Also by the railroad there were six more homes."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Knight returned to his land with some workers, or two of his sons, burned some of the felled trees in preparation of a garden, and used others to…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The lumber company would cut trees into smooth slabs and send them to stores. The company built a boarding house, a store, twelve houses on Red Row…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - About Us

"… work, please visit: http://www.swansislandhistory.org Click the links below to read about our busy workers! History Detectives The Crew"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"Manufacturing in Biddeford and other cities which had access to raw materials advertised in the local newspapers for workers."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"1900 Swan's Island Historical Society Many workers came from European countries, and to meet the needs of a rising population, boarding houses and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"Ad by Pepperell Mills to recruit women workers, Biddeford, 1943McArthur Public Library In Biddeford, like the rest of urban Maine, the relief of…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"In spring, workers from out of state came to drive the logs. The whole thing was a year-round process."