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Historical Items

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Item 1012

30th Maine Regiment, Drum Corps, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Media: Photographic print

Item 13198

Crop sprayer, Caribou, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Item 18444

Letter to Horatio Jose from George Shepley, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment

Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.

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Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine

Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.

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Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs

In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Threshing peas, ca. 1955

"… grown in rotation with potatoes as an alternative crop to help replenish nutrients to the soil. In the picture, pea vines are being threshed to…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's First Grist Mill

"The grist mill allowed the first crops of wheat and corn to be milled into flour, which greatly increased the kinds of food the settlers ate, as well…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle

"While yields are affected by the proper application of fertilizer, they are also affected by the particular variety of a crop that has been planted…"

My Maine Stories

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Wabanaki Sovereignty
by Mali Obomsawin and Lokotah Sanborn

Bomazeen Land Trust, renewing and resuming Wabanaki caretaking and stewardship roles

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Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.