Keywords: Corn shops
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - E. S. Dingley Corn Shop, Farmington Falls, ca. 1895
"Dingley Corn Shop where corn from area was husked and canned. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
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"Dingley Corn Shop in Farmington Falls. Bushels of corn are in foreground. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843
"The leather, carriages and corn stored within were destroyed, amounting to a loss of about $9,000. It was suspected a discharged convict caused the…"
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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…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865
"On page 106, he drew the illustration of a corn and flour elevator with all available space packed with spectators watching to race."
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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…"
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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…"
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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."
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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…"
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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…"
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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…"
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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."
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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."
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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…"
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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."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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