Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"In the winter farmers would come with their teams and sign on to haul ice. During the Depression, when times were real bad, I can remember all the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… were elderly people that couldn’t leave or farmers that wouldn’t leave. Few kids were left and the middle-age population was very scarce."

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

"Some farmers hung on and there were at least five commercial dairies in town before the Second World War."

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

"… recently welcomed its newest tenant, organic farmer Justin Deri, to use the southwest fields for his Community Supported Agriculture business."

Acadian Archives

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… industry brought increased prosperity to area farmers, who harvested the timber, and to blacksmiths, carpenters, ship-chandlers and other suppliers…"

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

"… Road stood a depot from where businesses and farmers sent their products to markets beyond Cumberland."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… and Ellen's son Herbert Marston Lawrence was a farmer and East North Yarmouth's first mail carrier at the turn of the century."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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