Keywords: Abandoned farms
Item 100998
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1939-11-08 Location: Byron Media: Photographic print
Item 104411
Abandoned Farm in Troy, ca. 1939
Courtesy of Neil Piper, an individual partner Date: circa 1939 Location: Troy Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls
George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.
Exhibit
The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest
Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.
Site Page
Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area
"… than there were in 1880! Many, many farms were abandoned as people went to find work in factories in cities across the country."
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"… area.Farmington Historical Society With the abandonment of the Academy, the citizens had no means of fitting their youth for college."
Story
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
