Comments for: Shook trade kept Bangor in business

Lumber made Bangor rich in the 19th century, but as the lumber trade declined other wood products – such as shooks – helped fill the economic gap. Shooks were small slices of pine logs used to make boxes for shipping fruit and vegetables. They were bound together with… Read More
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