Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… in the area across from the present Ladd family farm. Dist.# 2 - The schoolhouse was situated further north on the road to Farmington near the old…"

Windham Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"Besides building their homes, these families farmed, fished, dug clams and sold wood to ships which arrived here from distant places."

Stockholm Historical Society

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Old Berwick Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"Vickery, known as Jim, grew up on his family’s farm. At an early age, he showed intellectual promise, and his parents sent him to the Maine Central…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Thomaston Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… pioneers raised cattle, sheep and small farm animals and supplemented food supplies from the wild lands that surrounded their farms."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… folk art, the greater Bangor area, gardening and farming, transportation, education, politics, dance and music, religion, the Civil War era, Irish…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… the pursuits and business interests of the time, farming, ship-building, lumbering and shore fishing."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"The farming region existed above the Falls, especially in the East Rumford area. For 10 years after Chisholm’s first visit to the area the region…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… a group interested in the improvement of farming. It was later renamed the Swift River Grange and located on Roxbury Road; it is now the Free…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Unlike many of Mount Desert’s families who farmed, fished, built boats, or participated in some of all of the year around occupations, the Savages…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Men and women built small farms along the fertile banks of the river, grew crops and raised livestock for themselves and to trade."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… come and go: spruce gum, several lumber mills, farming, mining of phosphate, and even gold mining, which continues today."

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

"… would include a day care, a town library, and a farming or craft co-op.  The latter never got off the ground and the day care was active for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… tools have been unearthed over the years through farming, construction and natural erosion. Many houses on the island have private collections of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"All of these buildings are works of art in themselves. Waldo Street Fire, Rumford, 1923Greater Rumford Area Historical Society The history of…"

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

"One group of these new residents bought property on the ridge above South Street and established "Circle Farm." They grew much of their own food and…"

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

"… students had less pressure to support the family farm, and education became more important. Schools added Physical Education to the curriculum and…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"… the autumn of 1937 Ethel Cobb came to the Record farm on the middle road, she had been assigned to teach at the Parsons School."

Northeast Historic Film

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