Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… an early family, the Philbricks, crafted cream pots, bean crocks, molasses jugs, milk pans and other vessels from the red clay of the nearby…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… slabs of salt fish, molasses barrels and the pot belly stove. The store became a “nucleus for wholesale trade in grain, wool, apples, eggs and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Fired ceramic pots, possibly an outgrowth of earlier soapstone bowls, appear in southern Maine, suggesting the beginning of agriculture and a more…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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