The Moosehead region's storied past is sewn together by one common thread: the use and enjoyment of natural resources.

Ten thousand years ago, the first people settled around Moosehead as the glaciers receded to hunt large herds of caribou. Thousands of years later, flint traders visited Moosehead annually from hundreds of miles away to mine sought-after rhyolite at the base of Mt. Kineo.

In the 19th century, a boom in tourism and the timber trade brought the first European settlers, and several communities formed around Moosehead: Greenville, Jackman, Rockwood, Kokadjo, Lily Bay, Seeboomook, Northeast Carry, Long Pond and Beaver Cove.

These communities were a base for visitors who stayed for weeks or months at the region's inns, resorts, camps and lodges. They were, and remain, home to loggers, sportsmen's guides, innkeepers, shopkeepers and others who work hard to carve out a life in these small towns.

Plum Creek's plan is designed to preserve and restore the natural elements – expansive timberlands, eco-tourism potential and economic infrastructure – that have provided a way of life for local residents for generations. To get it right, Plum Creek conducted a lot of research into the history and pre-history of the Moosehead region.

Click on the links below if you would like to learn more about the Moosehead region's past:

Resorts, Recreation & Tourism

Forestry

Archaelogy & Prehistory