Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"New road construction projects were not always well received by property owners whose land was bisected by the new byways, and early records tell…"

Acadia National Park

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Morse Cabinet Maker W. Sylvester Carriage Maker A.L. Watson “ “ H. Clark Tanner & Currier Z.F. Moor Blacksmith Judkins & Lucke “ & Carriage Works…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"Zina was a bridge builder, a wagon & carriage builder and a businessman in the Corn Canning Industry."

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

"… Historical Societies, as well as Skyline Farm and Carriage Museum, provide ties to the past, inviting and encouraging residents to remember their…"

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

"Horse-drawn carriages and wagons were fundamental to our farms; they were an essential mode of transportation and would remain so into the early…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… difficult and required a fourteen-mile coach or carriage drive over rough roads to get from the train depot in Ellsworth to Blue Hill."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"Sesquicentennial - Baby Carriage ParadeGuilford Historical Society Some other events were oxen pulling, barbeque, canoe races, log chopping contest…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… for someone on foot, 31 cents for a horse and carriage, and 3 cents apiece for sheep or pigs. Shipbuilding had started, of course, with the first…"

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

"… “a very swank establishment…as he catered to the carriage trade. How deliciously the place smelled of freshly ground coffee and of course nothing…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… the island was by water or rickety “buckboard” carriages on rough, bumpy, steep buckboard roads. Village life centered around Somesville and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… work on building the islands network of carriage roads. He saw in JDR, Jr., a kindred spirit who not only loved the natural, wild parts of the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… Point where they might be met by horse-drawn carriages to take them up Tenney Hill to George Stover's new Blue Hill Inn on what is now South…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… or services—at general stores, blacksmiths, and carriage-making shops. Villages such as East North Yarmouth, Walnut Hill, and Poland’s Corner were…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… ties.) The railroad operated six locomotives, two carriages for passengers, a baggage car, and a number of freight cars."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"(Farmington Town Reports) This carriage, built by C. A. Pinkham, a Farmington wagon, carriage and sleigh builder, came to the Farmington Historical…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Carriages, wagons, buckboards, sleighs, and four-runner sleds were driven by one or two horses. Dark Harbor Wharf, Islesboro, 1917Islesboro…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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