Keywords: Old Farms
Item 111987
Springhurst, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1900
Courtesy of an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
Item 80925
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)
Exhibit
Independence and Challenges: The Life of Hannah Pierce
Hannah Pierce (1788-1873) of West Baldwin, who remained single, was the educated daughter of a moderately wealthy landowner and businessman. She stayed at the family farm throughout her life, operating the farm and her various investments -- always in close touch with her siblings.
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History
"By the summer of 2000, the Skyline Farm organization and the Sowles family arranged a purchase with a conservation easement through the Royal River…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 2 of 2
"One was as a dairy farm inspector while my grandpa was in high school. Albert was old enough to help his father do the inspections once a month."
Story
Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s
Story
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
