Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Space for fish stages and wood to build them were needed and were plentiful along the Maine coast. Territory for fish stages was allotted on a…"

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

"… industry A shift in shipbuilding from wood to steel put Maine at a major disadvantage in an industry where the state previously had considerable…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Maine State Museum

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Seashore Trolley Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… men to work at a location twelve miles into the woods from the nearest dwelling. They traveled through four feet of snow, but could not find the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"Jewelry makers, painters, photographers, wood-carvers, knitters, crocheters, spinners, weavers all offer their wares at these events."

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

"… effort despite frightening shortages of manpower, wood, chemicals, and the supplies normally needed in the operation of its mills? It took careful…"

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

"The wood processing faculties were old and tired, necessitating the building of a new woodroom in 1966."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… the result of unsupervised candles, lanterns, wood or oil stoves, or cigarettes from human hands. Rumford experienced numerous expensive fires."

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

"… and the eastern border’s terminus at Lake of the Woods (the intersection of modern-day Ontario, Minnesota, and Manitoba) were negotiated with…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… by cutting crews and sportspeople in the big woods in spite of Prohibition laws. Vanilla, with an alcoholic content, was imbibed by the truly…"

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… of the instruments from the washers to the bent wood. The Maine Country Music Hall of Fame inducted Cox in 2000 and the International Bluegrass…"

Bangor Public Library

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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

"He operated a wood mill in Arundel and actively supported the colonists in the Revolution. This was Stephen Titcomb’s heritage as he prepared to…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… of the package in the form of nails, splinters of wood and bits of the lettering are eagerly sought for as relics of our hundred year remembrance.”…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association But wood rots. Salt spray and dominating fog wreaked severe deterioration within twenty years."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"Pat Hennin, who owned Wood Butcher tools from 1991-1999, and a Century 21 real estate business in 1999."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… morn, we formed in a line of battle in the woods and marched out across the battlefield and barged on a fort, the principal one at Williamsburg…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… Office, Saddle Horses, [and] Excellent Livery” (Wood 73). The Inn offered the public performances of a small orchestra on Saturday evenings."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… (remains of which can still be found in the woods), sheds and stables. Blue Hill Fair, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Encountering dense fog off Wood Island, Captain Lermond anchored off the eastern end of Stratton Island but dragged anchor onto a ledge during a gale."