Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Lincoln’s fox farms were all owned by the Gordons. Most people who owned a fox farm would be widely known around the town and maybe even the state."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"Community members raised their own farm animals. Farm animals were needed to do the heavy work such as plowing and also as transport of people from…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"… Acre” • “Cut a Cord” • “Raise More Wheat and More Animals” Unfortunately, the winter of 1917-18 was a difficult one which wiped out a large portion…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"The men showed the animals, while the women showed off their handiwork. The Court House was used for the ladies reception and exhibition of foods…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… of farms, types of crops grown and numbers of animals. Questions such as, what is the value of your poultry? How many pounds of wool, hops and wax…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… with beaver, otter, sable, and various species of animals yielding furs which afforded liberal encouragement…” to the aboriginal population."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"Del enjoyed interacting with the animals and taking hiking trips. The other part of his job was working in the office. He did lots of paperwork."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"The burned animal bones from their meals include beaver, snapping turtle, caribou, and bear. The Little Ice Age, between AD 1300 and 1850, likely had…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"… the age of eighteen, James Davis left his family farm in Plymouth to join Company I of the Ninth Maine Regiment."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Cummings. The doctor built this island farm in 1856. The previous year Solomon Hanscomb and his two sons discovered a jug filled with fifty-two…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… in the northwest Hancock County, where they farmed and raised their family. Large families were common in the mid-nineteenth century, as reflected…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"Returning to Maine, he settled on a farm in Waldoboro, where he never experienced a day of sickness until shortly before his death on February 19…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Sergeant Jones grew up on a farm in Palermo and enlisted in 1861 at the age of eighteen as a private in the Third Maine."

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"Vickery, known as Jim, grew up on his family’s farm. At an early age, he showed intellectual promise, and his parents sent him to the Maine Central…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… along with the men in raising crops, tending the animals, preserving the food, spinning and weaving the clothing, cooking and tending the children."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… So you said you had a barn, did you have any animals or anything? Marion: Yes, yes we raised cows and chickens."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… were bustling with visiting farmers and their animals from throughout Hancock County. There were cisterns (remains of which can still be found in…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… lived out their lives in peace at last, farming animals and crops and raising their children. Back in the day, the Fowlers had as many as 30 cattle…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"He lived on a farm on Roxbury Road in Mexico. John joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 1943 after graduating from Mexico High School."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… pioneers raised cattle, sheep and small farm animals and supplemented food supplies from the wild lands that surrounded their farms."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"… in the back of the house he built a barn for the animals and equipment he needed to manage the property and support his family."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"After the start of the 20th century, students had less pressure to support the family farm, and education became more important."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… gates across their part of the road to keep farm animals from wandering. Very few residents could afford horses so walking was the primary means of…"

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