Many readers correctly identified this as the “hard-hat tree,” as many dubbed it.Rodney Judkins, a union worker for most of his life,nailed one of his hard hats to the tree dozens of years ago. Friends gave him some and others appeared anonymously. It is a landmark for anyone traveling along Route 27, about amile from the turnoff on Route 4. In a random drawing, Halunen of Kingfield was selected as the winner of

Susan Clayton of Lewiston identified the old walking bridge across the canal on Oxford Street in Lewiston that she,and thousands of others,once crossed to get to and from work at the mills and factories along the river. Fifty years ago,when she was 16, she worked as an inspector on the third floor of Belmore Shoe, then located in the building directly across from the bridge.The building has most recently housed Maine Line Industries and PAMCOShoe Manufacturing. Off to the left is the Continental Mill.

Heidi Provencher of Rumford knew where this is because it is the first place she brings friends who visit to have their photo taken with Babe the Blue Ox at the top of Congress Street in Rumford, next to the Rite Aid store and across the street from the American Legion. In 2009, selectmen voted 3-1 to take $6,500 from the town’s economic development funds to buy the six-foot high, 10-foot long bovine from a Wisconsin company . They were hoping it would draw people to the downtown area who would also visit the stores and shops. It became a controversial issue but is now a popular addition to the giant Paul Bunyan across town at the Information Center.