Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… to the amount of livestock, it takes a lot of grain to feed working teams of horses and oxen.” (Teams were not only on farms but were working in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The railroad often stored the freight in the winter. At one time, the AVR had 63, 50 foot warehouses served by the tracks."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… these island people "raised their own corn and grain, cattle, sheep, and swine, for the use of their families, spun, wove, and knit their clothing…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… area catered to the lumber industry by growing grain, hay and potatoes which were needed for the lumber camps to survive."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… nearby settlers, who otherwise had to carry their grain several miles down-river to Fort Pownal to have it ground."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… store became a “nucleus for wholesale trade in grain, wool, apples, eggs and maple syrup.” In 1872, the first refrigerated rail car came to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… of the fish catch, mills to process timber and grains, and boat building. The increase in prosperity in the mid to late 1800s—with new homes…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… transformed into a working farm producing small grain crops which helped support Thomas, his wife Phoebe, and their eleven children."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"There were separate areas for grain and corn storage, a room for weaving and living quarters for hired hands; a milk room for butter making, a pig…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The bumper crops of hay and grain, which had been expected in the spring, were almost totally destroyed because of lack of care."