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Logging with Tractors in the Maine Woods
Casting Call for New Collecting Television Show From Worthpoint
Is collecting a part of your daily life? Are parts of your collection in every room of your house? Do you have unique and special objects that you are extremely proud of? Finally, do you want to show off your collection on television? The producers of "My Collection Obsession," which will air on a national cable network, are currently looking for serious and dedicated collectors of all kinds who could appear on the show. Find out if your collection is truly obsessive enough to make the cut. Read"Casting Call for New Collecting Television Show"
PHOTO: Museum L-A site work begins
"It's starting!" exclaimed an excited Rachel Desgrosseilliers, Museum L-A's executive director, as she watched workers at the future site of the museum Thursday in Lewiston. Benjamin Construction's Richard Lee, left, and Ed Benjamin, in the skid steer, were demolishing damaged sections of t…
Textile industry heritage celebrated
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — A special fund-raising event that gives a nod to the thriving textile industry of the past will benefit the Old Berwick Historical Society this weekend. The Lighting Up Ball and second annual silent auction will be…
Presentation to feature Maine Indians
LISBON FALLS — The Lisbon Historical Society will host guest speaker and author, Nicholas Smith of Brunswick, at 7 pm Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the MTM Center. Smith will give a presentation on his recently published book, "Three Hundred years in Thirty,"…
Popular Science Monthly, 1916
LOGGING has remained for generations the most primitive of all modern operations. The logging railroad is a comparatively recent development, but even that falls far short'of being an active agent in reducing the vast waste necessitated by the fact that only such timbers can be moved out as will pay for expensive transportation. In the tropics a mahogany log worth hundreds of dollars in New York is valued at only a few demonetized dollars as it stands in its forest, and almost priceless hardwoods are left to rot or burned up in the clearing of ground simply because they cannot be "squared" to the formal size, about one foot on each side.
To a lesser degree the same problem faces the timber cutter in the forests of our own country. The long hauls through the woods to streams or roads, even to the roughest sort of logging roads, is discouragingly expensive, and from there to the railroad or mill entails another long haul with primitive means, either oxen or horses.
Modern power appliances are, however, slowly coming into use as they prove their worth. In certain sections of the Maine woods, where logging is the winter occupation of fanners from nearby sections, tractors are now in use. The drive on these engines is by caterpillar wheels, broad enough to keep from sinking into the snow, and the forward part of the tractor is mounted on sleigh runners, which are turned by hand to guide the tractor and its train of logging sleds.
The tractor is crude in a way, but it can reach sections of forest country to which even the ordinary logging railroad, with its clumsy engine, cannot readily penetrate.
In the tractor shown here, the runners at the front make steering easy and accurate. The unwieldy front wheels of the ordinary tractor would hardly serve in the forest.
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Lisbon Historical Society to commemorate Civil War
Posted on June 5, 2011 by dlsoucy
Local history book launched The Waldoborough Historical Society will host the release and signing of "Citizens Who Heard the Call to Political Service: Waldoboro, Maine 1773-2010," written by Jean MB Lawrence. Wednesday, June 15 at 6 pm at the society's museum…
Lisbon Historical Society to commemmorate Civil War Charles W. Plummer in the persona of Maine's Civil War hero General Joshua L. Chamberlain. LISBON FALLS — The Lisbon Historical Society will feature a guest speaker in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War at 7 pm Wednesday, June 8 …
Baked bean supper to benefit Prospect community projects The Belfast Historical Society will display the 1864 Civil War soldiers flag quilt from 4 to 7 pm Flag Day, Tuesday, June 14, at the Belfast Free Library's Abbott Room. Pam Weeks, quilt historian and curator at the New England Quilt…
Arts around the Mid-coast; June 2, 2011 An exhibit, "Diggin' History — Piecing Together Pettengill Farm's Past," runs June 7 through Oct. 7 at the Freeport Historical Society's Harrington House, 45 Main St. A bit more than one mile from global retailer LL Bean and the commerce…
History: Major Horace M. Warren The Wakefield Historical Society upcoming exhibit will memorialize Warren in "South Reading in the War of the Rebellion," opening on June 5th and continuing throughout the summer. Interested in a follow-up to this article…
State Drinking Glasses & Beverages
The states in the union take great pride in their uniqueness and individuality. There are state birds, state colors, state flowers, state trees, state songs, state fish and even state mythical creatures. But who ever knew there were state beverages? Worthologist Liz Holderman, in her latest Dining with Antiques article, introduces a line of glasses made by Hazel-Atlas and hand-decorated by the Gay Fad Studios. And, as an added bonus, she provides recipes to two official state beverages you can try, if you've got some moxie. Read"State Drinking Glasses & Beverages"
Conference to focus on downtown revitalization, historic preservation The day will close with Maine Preservation's annual Honor Awards. … Skowhegan's historic Strand Theater, featuring the announcement of Maine's newest Main…
Maine Conference on Downtowns to Focus on Reuse of Historic Structures Greg Paxton, executive director of Maine Preservation, and Roxanne Eflin of the Maine Downtown Center, took MPBN's Irwin Gratz for a look at some of the…
Juliana L'Heureux: Tribal historian praises book on Maine Indian … It's a modern history that delves into deeper issues, especially the … who is Tribal Historic Preservation director in Indian Township, where he lives…
Goat Island gets 1950s-era makeover Rachel H. Goldman – "And that part of history floated out to sea. … Indian tribes of Maine, Maine Historical Preservation Commission and the town of Kennebunkport. …
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