Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… landowners after occupying and improving the farms during that time. Thomas felt that the hard-working and pious Swedish farming families would be…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… of 5 I was sent to live with my grandparents on a farm in Holliston, Massachusetts, I lived there until 17."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… Thomaston, Maine, Kelleran took Atticus to his farm on Brooklyn Heights, where the fugitive reportedly worked for some days."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"Many homes in town were also farms. There was a big barn down town that was used for the work horses."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"He started farm business and doing so was a very rugged man. When you ask about him most people would call him a gentle giant; he got that name…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"He had left his Thomaston lime business and farm property in the hands of Captain Ballard Green and Peter H."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"She discussed her upbringing on a farm with her grandparents, and her responsibilities there. Marion Sanborn Interview, Clip One  Transcription of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… settlers left the fort and went back to their farms, and the garrison at the fort was discontinued by 1762."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… something that was vital to us and I lived on a farm at that time so we had access to milk and eggs and so forth. But a lot of people didn’t."

Lincoln, Maine - Asa Griffin, Lincoln, ca. 1900

"He owned a large farm in Lincoln Center on the Town Farm Road. The Masonic Hall later became the Lincoln Town Office."

Historic Hallowell - John Calvin Stevens House

"This design has a combination of hip and gable roofs. Next steps in the stroll through Hallowell ~ The Poor Farm."

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"… business, worked in schools, factories and farms. Organizations like the Row House, that works to preserve Hallowell’s architectural and culture…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"Wood Ashes or Gold Dust? Before thinking about farming or earning a living the first settlers had to put a roof over their heads and cut enough…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"Edwards was born in 1836 on a farm on Transalpine Road. He entered the military on August 21, 1862, at the age of 25. Mr."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"Born on an Aroostook County potato farm in Merrill in 1914, Eaton Weatherbee Tarbell (1914-1992) graduated from Bangor High School and attended…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Cummings. The doctor built this island farm in 1856. The previous year Solomon Hanscomb and his two sons discovered a jug filled with fifty-two…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Conduskeag their home while the surrounding farm settlements of Orrington and Hampden grew with fresh migrations from Cape Cod. The Rev."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"Robinson Dilly Snow Farm, Ball Hill Cove, Brewer Clara Herrich Enoch Holbrook Farm, Brewer George Snow Dick Patten T."

Haystack Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Farming continued to keep families in produce and meat. With the many varieties of fish available in the Gulf of Maine and the surrounding waters…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Salmon farming had success in other parts of the country and world. The waters around Swan’s Island seemed a good fit for salmon farming."

Freeport Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… tavern, learning to dance, learning accounting, farming, and politics. Some of the people and events mentioned are: Allen Rogers Reed Harding…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"… until April 1864 when he found him work on a farm and a chance to go to school. The illustrations, on page 596 of the Martin's "Journal" that he…"