Keywords: Piscataquis County
Item 15376
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Lantern slide
Item 8336
Trout Brook Farm, Piscataquis County, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Trout Brook Twp. Media: Photographic print
Item 150789
Piscataquis County Building Court House, Dover-Foxcroft, 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Dover-Foxcroft Client: Piscataquis County Architect: George M. Coombs
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Exhibit
Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)
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"… Piscataquis River Festival Lilac Capital of Maine Chicadee Capital of Maine Friends of COMMUNITY FITNESS Villages of Piscataquis County HOME"
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Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society
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