Keywords: Teamsters
Item 8319
Teams, teamsters and crew, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print
Item 8310
Horses with teamsters, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print
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Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13
"Usually the teamster would have to hook the lags back together. This slowed things down, but gave a break to the potato pickers and other field…"
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Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive
"… some to tend to the sled and horses (called a teamster), and someone to help unload at the landing (called a yard man)."