Maine Memory Network

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."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"Martin, in a journal he wrote beginning in 1864 about his life and experiences, recalled the spring the year of 1832 or 1833 being early and…"

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…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"Martin wrote, "This style of cap was in fashion when I was 4 years old they had no visor and were wadded with cotton batting and sometimes trimed…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Androscoggin River in what was the Aaron Graham farm. The interior of the Congregational Church in Rumford Point is adorned with trompe l’oeil…"

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."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812McArthur Public Library Fighting with the natives did not cease; however, settlers and entrepreneurs continued to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… Goldthwait Projected population statistics from “The Veritcal Farm” – by Dr. Dickson Despommier, copyright 2011, Picador / St. Martin’s Press"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"As a teenager, Leonard worked on his father's farm, but as a young adult he began his industrious activities."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"At home, women were left to tend the farms, manage family business, care for the sick and elderly, raise children, and bear the awful news that too…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… River near the Aaron Graham/Bartlett/Welch farm, which the south-side children attended when the river was insufficiently frozen for them to walk…"

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…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"was chosen. Mr. Knight made himself fast to the pole before it left the ground and he was lifted skyward, holding the pole until it was made fast in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"He also sketched and described several apple trees and apples and other trees of which he was proud."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… big barn, while continuing to stable horses and farm equipment also became part of a taxi and vehicle storage business established in 1926 by…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"Surplus produce was shipped via rail to Augusta for use in other state institutions. This led to the purchase of a prison farm in nearby Warren, run…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Back in the day, the Fowlers had as many as 30 cattle and 9 yearlings. (Surry tax records, 1878). In the old barn there were nameplates marking the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"New York: Penguin Books, 2004. York Deeds. Vol. II, 114. Centervale Farm - Business and Retail Center X Shops at Bessey Square X"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"Later, around 1883, the barn and shed were demolished and the Old House was swung around and relocated westward to make room for the first Asticou…"

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…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… tended to be affluent, and adventuresome, as they farmed, traveled and interacted with Ellsworth citizens."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"Trolleys carried both passengers and freight. Relatively open passenger cars were used during summer months, and closed cars were used during the…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"Over the years it was used as a store, church, parsonage, meeting house, home, and even a working farm! STUDENT CORNER HOME"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Scarborough's extensive salt marsh and rivers served as boundaries separating settlements that sprang up around their perimeters."