The Walker Woolen Mill was built in Wilton, Maine in 1840, using virgin and virtually extinct forest pine from the southern United States. It was largely built over the next 40–50 years, with local large local pine and wood eventually shipped using the transcontinental Railroad. Maine is the most wooded state in the USA, and has a long history of manufacturing everything from shoes to paper. Owner is called the "father of the toothpick" and built the world's first toothpick mill here in 1881.