Maine Memory Network

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

"There, he established his homestead, now the location of “Skyline Farm.” By 1801, the land had been transformed into a working farm producing small…"

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

"Harbor Cottage served first as family homestead for A.C. and Emily Savage who had eight children of their own."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… went around Farmington to historic sites, such as homesteads or cemeteries, and marked each location."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"The work force of Swan’s Islanders from the early homesteading days until the present, was staunchly self-sufficient."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Most are named after homesteaders who settled the hilly land. Science Hill, however, was so-called because of the many creative inventors who seemed…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… arrived in the late 1780’s and early 1790’s, many homesteading on land granted to them for service in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolution."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… modern-day Eastport, Maine) to go to the US, while loyalist homesteads on Deer, Campobello and Grand Manan led them to be recognized as British."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… Clement family in Seal Harbor rebuilt their old homestead into the Seaside Inn. At Asticou, Chase Savage, who in 1870 had begun taking summer…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… business, established in 1895 at the old Shaw homestead at West Cumberland, wintered about 600 hens and hatched from 1000 to 2000 chicks each…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… some of the early settlers chose to build homesteads on 700 Acre Island. John Philbrook, for whom Phillbrook Cove is named, acquired 100 arces in…"

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

"A good brickyard was located near the Clark homestead and the brick school house was built in 1845 with bricks from this yard. Herbert W."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… farm X Riverside Farm The Marston-Lawrence homestead still stands on North Road in North Yarmouth overlooking a small oxbow on the Royal River."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"George Stevens built his homestead, now know as the Academy House, and became a very successful merchant."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… the valuable woodland and eventually establish homesteads. King's Highway mile marker B 135, Cumberland, 1975Cumberland Historical Society…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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