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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Although our farms have declined, the Board of Selectmen recently endorsed the state’s efforts in the promotion of farming throughout the state."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"… Severance Fuller Orff Henry Holden Willington Farm Barracks Col. Daniel White Ed Getchell Fort Point Light For Pownal Howard L. Sampson James G."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868

"… him: architecture, politics, gardening and farming, business, boats, horses, trolleys, churches, and, especially dancing and music."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ezekiel Hopkins house and grounds, Hampden, 1840

"… was a teenager, Martin worked for Hopkins on his farm and in his store. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Town of Cumberland

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Cumberland Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's plow, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… time he was 10, he was proud of his gardening and farming prowess and often wrote in his journal and other accounts about his gardens and plantings."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"… he began to work in the fields at Reed Hardings farm in Brewer. Martin wrote, "This style of cap was in fashion when I was 4 years old they had no…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"… stepfather, Solomon Raynes, moved the family to a farm on Ball Hill Cove in Hampden. Martin, in a journal he wrote beginning in 1864 about his…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"… the age of eighteen, James Davis left his family farm in Plymouth to join Company I of the Ninth Maine Regiment."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"The Gleason farm, also known as The Intervale Farm, followed the contour of the Androscoggin River to just below the Goodwin Cottages."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Scattered farms were located just “above the hill” going towards Carthage and Weld. Joseph Mitchell and his wife “Aunt Hannah” Dillingham settled on…"

Salmon Brook Historical Society

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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… on gate designs for various uses, his ideal farm and barn structures, and a detailed illustration of a house he admired."

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… in the northwest Hancock County, where they farmed and raised their family. Large families were common in the mid-nineteenth century, as reflected…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"Returning to Maine, he settled on a farm in Waldoboro, where he never experienced a day of sickness until shortly before his death on February 19…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Curtis hired farm boys to go out in the woods and gather the sap. Scraping the resin from the trees was painstaking work, and bits of bark, twigs…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"… busy harbor and prosperous village, surrounded by farms at harvest time. Figuratively – in its depiction of an Edenic place made secure for the…"

Peru Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"Their farms were widely separated, and they struggled for existence in the face of primitive hardships."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Sergeant Jones grew up on a farm in Palermo and enlisted in 1861 at the age of eighteen as a private in the Third Maine."

New Sweden Historical Society

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