Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"They mowed the grass, and pitched their six canvas tents: a parlor tent, kitchen, pantry, three medium-sized sleeping tents, and one small tent."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… places near the kilns so as to incumber as little mowing ground as possible. We could at present have five of our own teams, and we may next week…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… with everything on a large scale: large farms and mowing fields, great piles of mussel-bed, with large barns and hay crops And...there were often…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… bought the house fell through the ground while mowing the lawn into an abandoned tunnel. In the tunnel were reportedly old clothes and other items…"