Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"… first they came solely for scenery and climate, drawn by the island’s dramatic geography and the “peculiar and delicious” quality of the air."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"In the horse-drawn digger days of the early 1900s a potato picker could earn 2 or 3 cents for each full barrel."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… recreational programs based on the role of horse-drawn transportation in the cultural, social and economic development of New England."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"During the winter months when there was snow, sleigh cars replaced the horse cars. Some time after Portland became electrified in the 1880s, the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… number of accidents between automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles. In 1910 Scarborough citizens, following Portland’s lead, voted to limit the speed…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"A ticket was only $6.00! Horse-drawn wagons were often lined up all the way from the river to the Main Road waiting their turn to off- or on-load…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… water (1885), electric lights (1886), the horse-drawn and then electric street railway (1888, 1892)."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a row of sharp teeth which cut a narrow furrow six or seven inches deep."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a row of sharp teeth which cut a narrow furrow six or seven inches deep."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… or Parker Point where they might be met by horse-drawn carriages to take them up Tenney Hill to George Stover's new Blue Hill Inn on what is now…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… Benjamin Swett and Lieutenant Richardson were drawn into ambush and a bloody battle ensued in the vicinity of Moore's Brook, about two miles from…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… together, clusters of four contiguous lots were drawn as a unit at random and provided to groups of four families/friends who wished to work…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Whether they are carried by a horse drawn wagon, or a 320 horsepower truck, the island spirit survives."

Music in Maine - Country Music

"The instrument that I was most drawn to was guitar. I got my first guitar at age 11. I have always enjoyed most genres of music, but country music…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… before the steamship service, mostly artists drawn by its dramatic landscape. And these artists' paintings convinced wealthy east-coast businessmen…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… greatly from the new steamer service with horse drawn single and double hitches a common sight along the wharf."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… to the railroad station, often using horse-drawn buggies for transportation. Liveries were common in the age of the railroad, and a large one was…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Horse-drawn carriages and wagons were fundamental to our farms; they were an essential mode of transportation and would remain so into the early…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"(Butler’s History of Farmington) This parchment, drawn by Lydia Abbott Titcomb and dated 1819, is one of three that has survived."

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

"Agricultural items got to market by a horse drawn tote wagon. There were few paying jobs and that meant little money available for families to…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"This reproduction of the original map was drawn by Lois Johnson and first appeared in "200 Years of Lubec History, 1776 - 1976"."

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