Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"This house for picker’s families was usually not as fancy as the farmer’s house. It became know in local parlance as a “picker’s shack”."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"Growing up on a farm he had his own pony named Scout that he broke himself. He would chase his siblings around the pastures."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"Like most tools on smaller family farms, barrel grapples were made locally, sometimes by the farmer himself."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… fund the purchase and operation of the Aroostook Farm which was a demonstration farm that experimented in the modern methods of potato production."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… collections of plowed fields on the George Sawyer farm in Ashland. By the Late Archaic Period (6,500 – 3, 400 years ago) many artifacts and some…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… was a 70 foot white spruce from the Elmbrook farm of Miss Alice Kimball. The tree, estimated to be over 100 years old, had a diameter at the base…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Mildred Thomas and Harold Sawyer, ca. 1910

"Sawyer gave the photograph to the Thomas family where it hung on the wall of the living room for many years."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Flora Brooks, Lying in Repose, 1922

"… Francis Tufts was an original settler, and the family continues to reside in the area. At the request of the citizenry her remains were taken to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"Zina was a bridge builder, a wagon & carriage builder and a businessman in the Corn Canning Industry. All of the boys in the family had that same…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"… the products of your orchard? Dairy? Homemade or family goods? 10. What was the value of your market garden in 1839? 11."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"Peter Mills, and now his family, has taken strong interest in Hippach Field and its preservation. The Mills Family set up a Trust Fund for continued…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"… when she was an infant, and her father moved the family to Farmington, where she attended Farmington Academy. Elizabeth Akers Allen collar, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"He was born into a prominent family, his grandfather Supply, was one of the early settlers who came here from Stoughton, Mass."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"… in the North Church, dedicated to the Belcher family. The rose window is high above where the original altar was located in the sanctuary."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… Mill Sites Farmington Tanneries Titcomb Family Sites Interactive Google Earth Maps: These are interactive maps to be viewed in Google Earth, a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"… because I grew up here, and everybody feels like family.” - Bob Marley. References: ● Wilson, P.F. “Laugh Tracks: Bob Marley.” ​Columbus Alive​, 15…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… 1803, Jacob was the oldest of five boys in his family, all of whom attended Hallowell Academy. After graduating from Hallowell Academy, Jacob…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… for boarding students with “respectable private families,...at from $1.75 to $2.50 per week,” and with the Androscoggin Railroad to transport…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 3 of 3

"Families brought their lunch, and for supper they would snake at the food booths. Still today, Dot goes to the Northern Maine Fair to watch the races."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"All the families went. Dot said that now there are so many other things families can do that the Northern Maine Fair is not that important to them…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 3 of 4

"… bus for a little ways before an Ashland bus would pick her up from there. They also had to walk to church. The family didn’t really use the car."

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

"The next day they were sicker than dogs! Edwena’s family worked for several different farmers throughout the years."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"Women, such as Rena’s mother, put a lot of effort into keeping not only their clothes neat, but keeping their families in order as well."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 1 of 4

"… the Presque Isle Histoircal Society by Angela's family When I interviewed my grandmother, Glenna, it was interesting to learn about her childhood…"