Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"Farm Life Myron Gartley Farm, Presque Isle, 1976Presque Isle Historical Society King Farm, Presque Isle, ca."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"By the summer of 2000, the Skyline Farm organization and the Sowles family arranged a purchase with a conservation easement through the Royal River…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Life membership certificate, Farmington Public Library Association, 1917

"Life membership certificate, Farmington Public Library Association, 1917 Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description In the early…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The Marston-Lawrence farm X Riverside Farm The Marston-Lawrence homestead still stands on North Road in North Yarmouth overlooking a small oxbow…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Alexander Hillman, an ambitious man, owned a farm near the town limits toward Industry and was reputed to have had one of the largest farms in town."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Whitney Farm, Harrison, c.1880Maine Historical Society Agriculture Maine’s climate from 1765 through 1880 was normally cool, interspersed with short…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"View of Farmington from Titcomb Hill Farm, ca. 1885Farmington Historical Society Although no longer the bustling agricultural hub it was in the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Skyline Farm looks much the same today as it did more than a century ago, and its approach on a dirt road reminds us of what our old roads once…"

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."

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 - Arthur R. Gould

"His mother then decided to lease out the farm for which Arthur was happy as he did not enjoy farming. Arthur’s first job was at the age of 14."

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…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"He also asked about things relating to the farm and about things back home John Edward Barry's baby shoes, ca."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… fresh produce and dairy products from local farms. The Homestead offered activities, like sailing expeditions, music, and picnic excursions."

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"Christ’s torch is the light passed on as reflected in Samuel Belcher’s life and the beautiful and inspiring message which adorns your Church." Greek…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"… college and lead a financially successful life. Marley attended the University of Maine at Farmington, completing a major in community health."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"It does not reflect the life and achievements of the woman, the professor, and the athlete. Carolyn A."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"Jacob Abbott spent his life as a pastor and educator, dedicated to educating young men and women in the Farmington area, as well as other areas in…"

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

"… of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. p. 18. Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1908)."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… furnishing it, so that now commence the married life in a much higher style, than anyone else in the place."

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

"That is how my grandmother, Edwena, spent her life in the potato fields in The County. There were good times in the potato fields and there were also…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"2007. Presque Isle Historical Society. "The Life & Times of Vera T. Estey (Condensed Walking Tour Version).""

Presque Isle: The Star City - Grant Memorial United Methodist Church

"… the present site of Craig Green’s New York Life. The old church, formally known as the Methodist Church, was built in 1908; the church was…"