Keywords: Winter Slate Quarrying
Item 78794
Slate Quarry in winter, Monson, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
Item 78801
Winter Slate Mining, Monson, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
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Maine's natural resources -- granite, limestone and slate in particular -- along with its excellent ports made it a leader in mining and production of the valuable building materials. Stone work also attracted numerous skilled immigrants.
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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
