Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"He had to ride to school on horseback and his home was 6 miles away from the school. He taught 15 students in his first year of teaching."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"One day when he was riding horseback, he encountered a hog that became frightened and rushed directly under the horse's hoofs."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"A surveyor from the town rode on horseback to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with the request for an academy."

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

"… were cavalry soldiers, who traveled and fought on horseback. This was probably because of their farm background and being familiar with horses."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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