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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Agricultural Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880

"… - 19 trees 1873 grass - 400 acres horses - 22 oxen - 14 cows/calves - 100/40 sheep - 33 pigs - 125 domestic fowl - uncounted 1880 horses - 164…"

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Stetson Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… were usually pulled by 8 to 10 teams of horses or oxen. Granite the from the Stinchfield and Longfellow quarries on Lithgow Hill (known today as…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"A sample of stock categories include: working oxen, horses, sheep, swine, steers and calves. Premiums included a high of $4 for “best stud horses,”…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"Fred Turner Sr. with oxen, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society Sheep were raised in large flocks with little effort and expense…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… and with the help of family members and a team of oxen. A.C. and Emily Savage and their descendants certainly seemed to live up to legends of…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"Once cut, horses and oxen, shod in bog shoes, hauled the harvested hay to staddles. To increase acreage yields, large-scale diking was undertaken."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Got Stowell with his oxen to help me over bare ground up to the Huntress Ferry. Hauled my load with hard pulling up to the top of the [?] way hill…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… ice.Hubbard Free Library “Teams of horses and oxen would haul the ice down our ice house and then other workers would shove it up the ramp into…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… lot of grain to feed working teams of horses and oxen.” (Teams were not only on farms but were working in the woods logging)."

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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… finale of the fall Farmer’s Club was a parade of oxen. One time, it is remembered, the finale was fifty-seven yokes long."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… pulled out of the forests with teams of horses or oxen. Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and Peters Cove."

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides and games."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"It was tough. Teams of horses and oxen would haul the ice down our ice house and then other workers would shove it up the ramp into the ramp and…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… hauled about two miles to the landing by teams of oxen. The bark Delia Chapin, also built by Major Waterhouse, was the last ship built in the…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"With his earnings he bought a pair of oxen for $50 and sold them for $55. He went to Byron, Maine to work as a logger for $12 a month for 2 1/2…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… and put it on four cart-wheels with 12 yoke of oxen, with all the people they could pile on to it, and drove to Dixfield Village."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Stephen led oxen pulling a heavily loaded sled. Betsey’s brother went with them and he drove a horse-sled filled with beds and other furniture."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Col. Morse ordered 16 pair of oxen in two heavy teams to make the trip to Hallowell to haul cables and fittings to New Portland."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… in the vicinity of Walnut Hill and hauled by oxen in the winter down to the Falls, perhaps a distance of five or six miles."

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides and games, while the centerpiece of the one day…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… of the sawdust, and employed drillers, saw-men, oxen teams, and delivery people. Wars and economic times impacted New Portland as in other areas."