Keywords: Animal teams
Item 33884
Blue Hill Fair ox teams in Blue Hill village, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print
Item 8319
Teams, teamsters and crew, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.
Exhibit
Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers
Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand
"… too a lot of people power and a lot of animal power. The 2 1/2 mile route along Outer Winthrop Street contained wetland and a steep grade."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"Strong's first baseball team won their first nine games without a coach. Starting in the 1920s, students began to compete in intermural basketball…"
Story
My Journey: Training Service Dogs in Prison
by Anonymous (Maine State Prison)
Inmates at Maine State Prison train dogs as service and companion animals. This is one story.
Story
Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life
