Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… Canada in 1837-38 and conflict over access to timber in the Aroostook “War” of 1838-39, encouraged the new Whig and Tory governments of the US and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… still available and natural resources, such as timber and fish, were abundant. William and Phoebe Royall settled on the eastern side of the Royal…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"For stability, 8”x 8” timbers were attached beneath the floor beams in a linear fashion for the entire span of 254’ between the towers."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… century, drawn by the abundance of fish and game, timber, waterpower, and farm land. The hamlets they founded grew into towns that were…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… mills to provide for both ship planking and house timbers. Ship’s joiners and carpenters had their choice of jobs, and more accomplished finish…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"In later years, after all the timber around the lake was cut, the lumbermen began cutting around Folsom and Upper Ponds, sending the wood down the…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… for the Crown appropriating large amounts of timber for the Royal Navy, which he seemingly had no interest in helping with."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"It replaced a boxed timber pony truss. Photo records indicate that this old bridge was damaged in 1926, when the weight of a truck caused the floor…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… the 19th Century The first harvest was old growth timber. Felled trees were pulled out of the forests with teams of horses or oxen."

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

"With its resources of timber, granite, water power, fishing and hunting, Swan’s Island made an attractive settlement site for families and traveling…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"And still the work goes on. Nearly as fast as the piles are driven, they are capped, and the stringers and track timbers laid, in the direction of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"There was plenty of timber on the island -- enough, in fact, for them to ship that, too. With the fishery and the trading, men were gone for long…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… and collected and also contained floating logs timbered from nearby forests. On each log was an identity mark, so the pickers and sorters could…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… ship's knee above (a bracket to strengthen deck timbers) is of particular interest because it was found near the site of the City Wharf Shipyard…"

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

"… been remodeled but still contains the original timbers. The chimneys bricks were made at Parker’s kiln. Capt."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"They saw the fine timber with which the land was covered ; in that their Yankee shrewdness discovered a profit, and having a realizing sense of the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… moved to Michigan to scout out and cut down the timber there, which he did until his death in 1873."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… Massachusetts where he’d had a successful timber exporting business. Richard bought 3,000 acres of land in Dunstan, which was divided into several…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"The abundance of timber, good harbors and a demand for sailing vessels resulted in the development of the shipbuilding industry, which reached its…"

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

"The Canadian timber holdings were sold to the government; No's. 1 and 3 Paper Machines were shut down as they were not contributing to profits."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… -- and of what must have seemed like endless timber resources in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… well as interest-driven motives to acquire rich timber lands (on both sides) and to preserve an overland route from New Brunswick to Quebec (for…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… Office prior to 1936, Harold obtained some of the timbers from the old house and kept them in his barn on Orchard Street."