Keywords: Town Poor Farm
Item 34819
City Farm (Poor Farm), Biddeford, ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910 Location: Biddeford; Biddeford Media: Postcard
Item 36598
City Farm, Biddeford, ca. 1935
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
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.
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.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm
"Poor Farm City "Poor" Farm, Poor Farm Road, Hallowell, 1879Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner In a Mayor's Address from…"
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor
"The poor person’s relatives, if any lived in the state, were required to contribute to their support, in proportion to their ability."
Story
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
Story
Sam Smithwick:From Southern rock star to local community builder
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Sam found his home in Maine and dedicates his talents to the growth of our evolving community.
