BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 10, 2024
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden wants to designate Leonard’s Mills as a national museum dedicated to forestry and logging history. The 2nd District Democrat introduced a bill Thursday that would designate the Maine Forest and Logging Museum as the National Museum of Forestry and Logging History. The museum, located in Bradley northeast of Bangor, was incorporated in 1960 to celebrate Maine’s forest heritage. It now encompasses more than 450 acres around Blackman Stream. Its centerpiece is Leonard’s Mills, a living history site that re-creates a 1790s logging and milling community.