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My dad did a lot of different jobs as a young man in Northern Maine. He quit school after 6th grade and went to work. He harvested potatoes, who up there didn't. He'd work on lumber crews, hauling lumber across the frozen lakes in winter. Yes, you move lumber in winter because it's a lot easier, the ground is frozen so the logs don't dig in. He'd work in the mills. I can't remember where it was exactly, but he worked night shift in one of the mills and would hitchhike home every day. It was an hour or more away, so he often spent a good portion of the day getting to work and getting home. That is if he could get a ride at all.

Haynesville, for which the woods are named is the big town, just southwest of the little town where my grandmother lived, Amity. In the 2010 census it had a population of 238, probably not much changed from 100 years ago. If you want a cheap place to live, you can certainly find one there. What you can't find is a job. Unless of course you are interested in the pharma import export and distribution business, that's about the only thing happening up there.