Keywords: Pot-Ash
Item 10765
Heywood Tavern, Skowhegan, ca. 1836
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1836 Location: Skowhegan Media: Print
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Student Exhibit: Historic Buildings on Madison Ave in Skowhegan
Take a tour and see some of the beautiful old buildings that used to be on Madison Avenue, Skowhegan? A few still remain, but most have been torn down.
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Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?
"If that residue was baked in an oven, the carbon in the residue would cook off, leaving a product called pearl-ash. Both pot-ash and pearl-ash were…"
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"… of shingles 15in 73 feet of boards 17 barrels of pot ashes 1 pair of wheels lamb, potato, fish, bread, butter 15m 73 feet of boards 1/2 loaf of…"
