Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"He would chase his siblings around the pastures. After moving to Presque Isle, he would walk to Cunningham School every day."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"He claimed that he took an unusual route to the pasture. He followed a creek bed and went under a bridge because if he had been walking on the road…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"… the passage to a house barn garden field or pasture is one continual pleasure or source of vexation." It appears on page 7 of Scrap Book no."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin cone cedar tree, Bangor, 1866

"When he found one on someone's pasture, he had the 15-year-old, 12-foot-tall tree dug up and planted it in his yard."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… Marion: Well, I would help take them down of the pasture and take them out of the pasture. But I always told my grandmother, “I don’t wanna marry a…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"… it the real estate ad said: “Ideal location to pasture a horse, raise your children or just enjoy living in the solitude of a country home."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"… storm, lighting hit in the middle of a cow pasture killing the whole herd of cows. One story Jeremiah told me was about an apple, an uncle, and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… cattle and sheep and used the marsh for summer pasture. Many settlers were often assigned a marsh lot (or lots) for grazing their animals, later…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… wharf, in what was earlier General Knox’s pasture. In that year alone, seven or eight ships of 1100 tons or greater were in the process of…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"The pastures behind Kenneth Newman and Bernard Kidder were locally famous blueberrying spots, as were the Sugar Loaves."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Between 1880 and 1890, the pasture was transformed into what we now know as Main Street. Mary Cabot Wheelwright (1878-1958) recalls, “I can remember…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… the livestock that grazed in these now wooded pastures, or the lives lived above these cellar holes, or the wagons that dug these ruts."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The green space was a pasture without a fence. In 1871, the town fathers agreed to spend no more than $15.00 to build a fence around the park so the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"As haying on the marsh declined, cleared inland pastures supplied that need. A lack of good overland routes resulted in Scarborough remaining a town…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… in 2009 Although many of the farm fields and pastures now lay dormant and with trees growing or houses built in them, Farmington still has several…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… number of major businesses left town for greener pastures. Sears, Newberry’s, W.T. Grant’s and Senter’s moved to Cook’s Corner or downtown…"