Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"The fields in front of Tucker’s Farm were bustling with visiting farmers and their animals from throughout Hancock County."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"He made the first house, farm, and store in Lincoln in 1824. They were all the same building. While he was in Enfield, his fifth son, Asa, drowned in…"

Acadian Archives

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

"… the second settler in town, building a home and farm in the East Village. He was a respected member of town and always welcomed people in his home."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… and very capably, tackled many tasks at home of farming, child rearing, cooking, and caring for the sick, elderly, and dead."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… 1922-1963, the Old House, like many New England farm houses of the era, originally had a shed and barn attached to it."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Desert Island and the mainland. Fishing, farming, and trading were what made the communities productive throughout the late 18th and into the 19th…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The small farm buildings, used to store ice through the summer, were recognized by their thick, insulated walls and few windows."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The small farm buildings, used to store ice through the summer, were recognized by their thick, insulated walls and few windows."

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

"He was buried in a graveyard on his farm. His wife Mary died 23 years later at the age of 93. At that time both were buried at the cemetery in East…"

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

"… would include a day care, a town library, and a farming or craft co-op.  The latter never got off the ground and the day care was active for…"

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

"… daily that every part of the arrangements of the farm and lime works, digging clay, etc., goes on with fidelity and that I am not imposed upon in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… something that was vital to us and I lived on a farm at that time so we had access to milk and eggs and so forth. But a lot of people didn’t."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… 1938, the First Air Mail arrived at the Hudson farm field. Another flood in March 1936 caused more extensive damage to Guilford’s industries, and…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… with the wood from the forest, and to have extra farming land. They chose Lincoln for all of those reasons."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… land in Dunstan, which was divided into several farms. A successful merchant, he was also a farmer, owner of trading vessels and a town justice."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"Broadturn Farm X During the last two decades, Scarborough continued to grow. Housing developments sprang up; large retailers Wal-Mart and Sam's…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… the Scarborough Marsh Nature Center and Broadturn Farm Unlike many neighboring towns, Scarborough did not develop around a town center."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"This was probably because of their farm background and being familiar with horses. John C. Bangs enlisted in the First Maine Cavalry in September 12…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Farms were an important role in the town’s growth and prosperity. A good blacksmith was invaluable. A dance hall provided entertainment, as did…"

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

"In 1988, Mariculture Products started a salmon farm that was obtained and renamed "Island Aquaculture" by a local group in 1993."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"As a teenager, Leonard worked on his father's farm, but as a young adult he began his industrious activities."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… River near the Aaron Graham/Bartlett/Welch farm, which the south-side children attended when the river was insufficiently frozen for them to walk…"