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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"Lacking the agricultural land base of the other Colony towns Stockholm’s population, and economic base, has continued to shrink."

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

"Shortly after families used their agricultural skills for survival, they began to expand these skills to business levels."

United Society of Shakers

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Agriculture played a part in the development of this section of town, too. Scattered farms were located just “above the hill” going towards Carthage…"

Maine Conservation Corps

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Music in Maine - HEAR

"… Victor Victrola, 1914Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Thomas Edison created the first phonograph in 1877."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… include the Bangor State Fair, a recreational and agricultural fair, beginning in 1883, where large animal owners show off their stock."

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

"… and Guilford Center remaining predominately agricultural and slowly fading in population with the advent of electricity and the railroad."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… Sebois, 1920Patten Lumbermen's Museum From agriculture to industry, work and occupational songs help laborers move together, relieve boredom of…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… buildings, canals, land speculations, navigation, agricultural societies, India trade, turnpikes, physics, brick machines etc., bridges, bank…"

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

"… place, mills were in operation, there was much agriculture business being conducted, and trade was in high gear."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"Always a traditional agricultural fair, it was held on the Saturday following Labor Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… the schools had formed a school orchestra, agricultural clubs, a senior fair and drama production, public speaking contest, and a girl's club."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… he carved out and transformed from a slow moving agricultural land to a thriving town known across the land."

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

"It began as an Agricultural Fair were people brought animals to auction off and show, while people would bring fruits and veggies from their garden."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… fish, sardines, potatoes, hay, wood and other agricultural products. By 1880 the era of sail had given way to the rise of steam powered vessels."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… summer communities, islanders' jobs shifted from agricultural to service-based, and remain so today."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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