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Fort Kent Historical Society

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Salmon Brook Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… Historical Society Franklin County Agricultural Society In 1840, the legislature granted a charter to the Franklin County Agricultural Society…"

Strong Historical Society

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Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Androscoggin Historical Society

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Cumberland Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… the 62nd Annual Exhibition of the Franklin County Agricultural Society, held on the Franklin Park, it was stated, “We have the finest Cattle Shed…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture As many local men left town to fight, the government created a “Deferred Classification” designation for men…"

United Society of Shakers

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 11 of 13

"… Barrel Grapple, Littleton, 1945Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum The two trucks pictured here are restorations of 1940s potato barrel trucks."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"1935Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum One-row diggers were still used even after tractors were introduced."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato import protest, Presque Isle, 1982

"… filled the parking lot of the Presque Isle Agricultural Center on December 16, 1982. "We will stay until Christmas, if we have to," one grower…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"1935Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Edwena, my grandmother, told me about working in the Central Aroostook County potato fields."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"1950Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Potato picker's tickets, ca. 1910Presque Isle Historical Society Up until the 1970s when farms…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… Isle Historical Society and Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Harvesting Potatoes by hand, Aroostook County, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"The speech, later published in the Board of Agriculture report for the state of Maine, focused on the development of the county."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… in southern Maine, suggesting the beginning of agriculture and a more sedentary lifestyle. In northern Maine, corn, beans, and squash (the “three…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… while serving as a member of the Committee on Agriculture. One of his efforts paid off when he was instrumental in obtaining an increase on the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… Hall PlateNorth Yarmouth Historical Society Agricultural Societies Farming families benefitted from the establishment of the Maine State Board of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"Black Binder ed. Vol. 1&2. Lincoln: Historical Society. 245-46. Print. Lincoln History. Lincoln News, 1961. Lincoln. 40-41. Print. Lincoln History."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… Farm, Harrison, c.1880Maine Historical Society Agriculture Maine’s climate from 1765 through 1880 was normally cool, interspersed with short…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… Society Challenges of the Lincoln Historical Society by Jeannette King & Dottie Murchison The Lincoln Historical Society has seen its own trials…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"… Smith, David C., et al., “Climate fluctuation and agricultural change in Southern and Central Maine, 1776-1880,” Maine Historical Society Quarterly…"