Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… the fields where women planted and harvested corn. From a European perspective, Wabanaki men held the majority of public political power, yet…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"It was a place where they could fish, plant corn, and harvest corn on their return from the ocean. Before the first dam on the island, there were two…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… wagon & carriage builder and a businessman in the Corn Canning Industry. All of the boys in the family had that same tendency to the creative and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"Lowell’s bought oats and corn in lots of five or six carloads. They bought flour by the carload too."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… process as that used for farm produce, such as corn. After 1873 Burnham & Morrill moved to Jones Creek at Pine Point."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… grow, including pumpkins, squash and a lot of corn. The Native Americans would make nets, weirs and spears to catch eels and fish."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Corn was canned extensively, with other vegetables and fruit handled. While under the management of Merrill Bros., meat was also canned. Charles E."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… this time and during the summer were busy raising corn and wheat and helping with the building of cabins."

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

"… X In the late 1800s production of potatoes and corn and other vegetables was sufficient enough to support at least two canneries, which handled…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… like special stone for making tools or dried corn from groups to the south and west that grew crops where the climate was more favorable for…"

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

"Later this building was used as a corn shop. West Village John Mitchell's FarmhouseNew Portland Historical Society There was a novelty mill in…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… was said to be used by the children to warm their corn cakes and potatoes for lunch. Unfortunately the Guilford Center School met an early demise…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… to be a bushel of beans down and a bushel of corn yearly. One of the conditions of the sale was that Jane and her mother be allowed to live on the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… operation by buying equipment from a defunct corn cannery. The original brand name was Ossipee, but Snow soon began using his family name."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… price was a bushel of beans down and a bushel of corn yearly. One condition of the sale was that Wackwarreska's daughter, Uphannum (known as Indian…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Corn and apples were sent across the country. In April, 1871, a group of farmers organized the Sandy River Cheese Company, the first in the state."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Bears and raccoons ate their corn so that was not a successful crop. Meat victuals were woodchuck, bear, deer and raccoons."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Here they planted corn and potatoes. In the fall of that year, Joseph Weston, Peter Heywood and one of the boys returned to Massachusetts to bring…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… Wheeler Contra By a pair of boots By a bushel of corn By1 gallon molasses By 10 1/4 lbs. tobacco By Philadelphia iron By truckage to Boston By a…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle mill, corn and barley gristmills. At the same time, many East Surry men, along with other Mainers, were…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"In northern Maine, corn, beans, and squash (the “three sisters”) were poorly adapted to the short, cool growing seasons and people retained a food…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… in the early springtime or the tall stalks of corn on the Sandy River Flats, modern-day Farmington is still highly influenced by its early agrarian…"

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

"… was high, as high as $1.00 for a peck of seed corn, and people had to travel a great distance to purchase such products."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"There were separate areas for grain and corn storage, a room for weaving and living quarters for hired hands; a milk room for butter making, a pig…"