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Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… on until the ice house was full.” Weston's Ox TeamHubbard Free Library “In the spring when people couldn’t store their food in the cellar any…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"The first means of power for a farm was ox power and that was very hard and it was slow. Later, horses were used to cultivate the soil and work the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Byron Weston's ox team (picture shown below) was first used to haul blocks of ice from Cascade Pond to the Arthur Moore ice house between Middle and…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Byron Weston's ox team (picture shown below) was first used to haul blocks of ice from Cascade Pond to the Arthur Moore ice house between Middle and…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Weston's Ox TeamHubbard Free Library Arthur Moore's first ice truckHubbard Free Library Then my father bought a truck to haul the ice."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Harvested smelts and sweet grass. Ox Cart at N.W. Marston's Store, South Lubec, ca. 1880Lubec Memorial Library 1700s 1754 – 1763 • Maine…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… while fording the streams, or trek beside ox-drawn wagons over river ice. More modern travelers had the option of driving up Route 2, along the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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