Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Horse and Wagon, Lincoln, ca. 1900

"Horse and Wagon, Lincoln, ca. 1900 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description Two men with a horse and wagon in Lincoln."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… 1800’s they used a system called the triangular trade in which the merchants would trade and ship goods between Boston to Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - Cyclone Poems

"… Cyclones, Storms, and Fixing the City by Gabby Horse A stable maybe I am stuck and it is tight Help has come for me Boy In a dark tight space A…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Horsing iron, and jerry iron worked together on this, the horsing iron has caulk away deck seams while the Jerry Iron had to extract old seems from…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"… dock, the cotton was brought up to the mill by horse and wagon. When the cotton was shipped out, they were brought to other places by railroad."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Using a long saw, picks, and horses as hauling devices to pull the ice off the river. Once the ice was off the river, it would be pulled by horse to…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"“Once there was enough ice for the horses then you would cut holes and set up the loading platform and wait for it to freeze in solid."

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"A horse had gotten trapped inside a compartment made by scattered debris that was barely bigger than it's stable! After " A little boy named…"

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

"… and 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…"

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… entries record the many times she fell from her horse, sometimes seriously injuring herself in her efforts to reach a patient in distress."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"… Library The machine was built to be hauled by a horse team or truck. The Tiger had a team of forty people who pumped water into the hose and onto…"

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"A horse was trapped in the stable but later rescued. Cyclone, Cotton Mill, Hallowell, 1895Hubbard Free Library Half of the Cotton Mill roof was…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice was cut by hand. After the snow was scraped from the area, the ice was plowed out. The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice was cut by hand. After the snow was scraped from the area, the ice was plowed out. The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a…"

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

"… Free Library Once there was enough ice for the horses then you would cut holes and set up the loading platform and wait for it to freeze in solid."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… was made of hydrated lime, sand, water, and horse hair. The slate was made of clay or volcanic ash."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"The Guilford Board of Trade proclaimed the 100 year anniversary of the town's existence. Committees and sub committees were appointed; buildings were…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"… the digger and powered the digger mechanism, the horses tired easily. They had to rest frequently or were replaced by another team of horses."

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

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

Presque Isle: The Star City - Jasper Beckwith Spraying Potatoes, Presque Isle, 1940

"… Isle Historical Society Description Horses were still used in 1940 for many farm chores."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"His neighbors farmed with horses that would pull big drags with rocks piled on it. The drag would make flat paths. That looked like little roads."

Presque Isle: The Star City - King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"The sprayer is hauled by two horses, which means that the pump was probably powered by the sprayer wheels.The potato plants appear to be in blossom…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Other nicknames included “The Little Iron Horse” and the “Cock of the North”. John R Braden competed in his first race in Presque Isle on July 4…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"They borrowed Rufus Prince's horse, Old Bill, and chaise for the trip. When they got to Brewer, they realized the ferry crossing to Bangor would be…"