Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… sugar and bread products, apples, pears, farming tools, carriages and harnesses. Also, quilts and spreads, carpets, rugs and plants, fancy work…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… in Topsham to get supplies, axes, saws and other tools to begin the hard job of clearing the land. They came back to The Sandy River area two weeks…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create and share their own albums; and much more."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… founders in 1776, lacking a “chain”, the tool used to measure land, staked out property lines using basswood bark, The “men measured off six…"

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 - Native Americans

"… Just behind the Mall along the riverbank stone tools and stone boiling rocks spanning the last 3,500 years are plainly visible."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - About Us

"… a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create and share their own albums; and much more."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"… stripped some basswood bark to make a chain (the tool used to measure land) that was one rod in length."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"Maps Maps are a powerful tool for representing an area visually or graphically; they symbolically depict relationships of objects in the area."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Memorials 1900

"Also shows tools used to carve memorials.On back is written: T. Barney Thompson T.B. Thompson. Presque Isle Memorial 1900 Mostly Marble in those…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - About us

"… a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create and share their own albums; and much more."

Byron Historical Society

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Salmon Brook Historical Society

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New Sweden Historical Society

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Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"… State Museum The office contains many of the good doctor's tools of his trade. 1850s circulation chart.Maine State Museum"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… Society & Museum Clam Harvesting Although the tools are simple (a metal rake, metal bucket and onion bags), clam digging is hard, backbreaking…"

Windham Historical Society

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Ste. Agathe Historical Society

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Stockholm Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"A blindfold statue symbolizes the passage from outer darkness to inner light, and trade implements have mystical and symbolic meaning. The tools of…"

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

"X Artifacts such as arrowheads and stone tools have been unearthed over the years through farming, construction and natural erosion."

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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