Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… than attending the wounded riders and their horse, the passengers simply smashed the keg of rum, which they saw as the root cause."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… to turn out and help put its members in a horse pond. We have no objections." Alcoholometer set by Charles Gerletti of Glasgow, made…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"His neighbors farmed with horses that would pull big drags with rocks piled on it. The drag would make flat paths. That looked like little roads."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fiske Block, Broad Street, Bangor, 1864

"… John Womans' Barn was set on fire E H Tebbets horse shed and 4 stores commencing at I W Pattens and running north Cyras Goss were entirely consumed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… on and give a space sufficient to hitch and turn horses was vacant on French Street and the Committee purchased this lot so as to convene in a…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"“Once there was enough ice for the horses then you would cut holes and set up the loading platform and wait for it to freeze in solid."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… led to the production of harnesses and tack for horses. Prison Brooms to the Train Depot, Thomaston, 1915Thomaston Historical Society A broom…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… a pork chop for ten cents." Smith owned a team of horses, most likely to transport his products. The store ran in the period of Swan's Island…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Even so, it was better than working your horses to pull out the logs, because the horses would wear out fast."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Horses pulled the stage over roads that are closed today. Bowery Corner, an old intersection connecting various roads in the Severy Hill area, put up…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"There the ice blocks would run down a ramp, to be set by tons and stored until the summer. The process had a ramp, and they would use wooden boards…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… it takes a lot of grain to feed working teams of horses and oxen.” (Teams were not only on farms but were working in the woods logging)."

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… Free Library Once there was enough ice for the horses then you would cut holes and set up the loading platform and wait for it to freeze in solid."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… ferry across the river, and then at Higgins Beach horses could run along the hard sand. The highway continued on to the ferry at Ferry Beach; and…"

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."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… was made of hydrated lime, sand, water, and horse hair. The slate was made of clay or volcanic ash."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… were pulled out of the forests with teams of horses or oxen. Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and Peters…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice was cut by hand. After the snow was scraped from the area, the ice was plowed out. The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice was cut by hand. After the snow was scraped from the area, the ice was plowed out. The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… 4 Commissioned Officers; - 43 Privates; 60 Horses and Mules; A large lot of Boots & shoes; cloth ect. ect."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… for ten years, before being thrown from a horse, fracturing her hip. She never recovered the use of her hip but lived an additional 20 years."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Horses first came to Islesboro in the early 1800s, purchased primarily by the wealthier residents. Horses were used as the main form of land-based…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… Library As the fire spread down the block, the horses were all escorted out of the livery stables safely and only some of their equipment."