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Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Fox farms generally consisted of 200 foxes. Foxes were fed fish and horse meat. When it was time for the foxes to be skinned, they were skinned in…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… of pot ashes 1 pair of wheels lamb, potato, fish, bread, butter 15m 73 feet of boards 1/2 loaf of bread 1/2 bushel of potatoes 2 barrels of water 7…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"Sunken logs, bark, and sawdust damaged the fish population. By the late 1960s, state and federal regulations virtually put an end to a century and a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"When Captain John Smith voyaged to Monhegan on fishing excursions some nine years later, he created a map indicating the area on the Georges River as…"

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

"… gardens, hunted game in nearby woods and lived on fish and clams from the river under the watchful eyes of armed guards along the river."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… goods and red tokens were for things like meat, fish, butter, fat, and dairy goods. Rationing Gas The OPA, the Office of Price…"

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

"… of Winter Harbor, and settlers continued to farm, fish and trade. Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812McArthur Public Library Fighting with the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… Brothers from Portsmouth, New Hampshire sent Ira Fish and 17 other men north to build dams for saw mills on Mattanawcook Stream."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"Ingersoll in 1923. Ira Fish's gristmill used to be where the library is today. It is located at 11 West Broadway, Lincoln, Maine."

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… Town Hall where you can get your hunting and fishing licenses. I could get mine there. Another thing is, you can get a passport there and you can…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… the years it produced lumber, barrel staves, and fish boxes. Its products were sold locally and loaded on ships for use in other ports."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… across the country for its lobby, known as the "Fish Pond," were young ladies lingered, "fishing" for husbands."

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

"… meadows, wide intervale and good hunting and fishing that the region offered. The party canoed up the Kennebec River as far as Hallowell, which was…"

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

"Fish packing plants in South Blue Hill canned clams, mackerel, and herring. Local men fished through the ice for smelt in the winter, packing them…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… out livings as farmers too, but they also hunted, fished and worked as stone-cutters. Toddy Pond itself was not a pond, but rather a river valley…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Clans and bands would congregate for the salmon fishing when many people could be fed in one spot. Meductic, Tobique, and Grand Falls were such large…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… lakes and streams should be stocked with valuable fish; the increase of animals and birds encouraged; the growth of trees, shrubs, plants, ferns…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… as Jacksonville, Florida, and seasonally went fishing as far north as Labrador. During the Civil War, A.C."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Desert Island and the mainland. Fishing, farming, and trading were what made the communities productive throughout the late 18th and into the 19th…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… this duly and daily advertised, not only brought fish to the net of Ezekiel Goodale’s “Sign of the Bible,” but brought thoughts that breathe and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Dakin Sporting Goods Hunting And Fishing Window Display, Bangor, ca. 1937 Dakin's Sporting Goods sold a variety of equipment, including camping…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… was shipped in sawdust to keep from melting, and fish. The Tradition Continues...... Webber's Cove Boat Yard in East Blue Hill, owned and operated…"

Maine State Museum

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