Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965

"… potato starch which is used in the production of food, medicines, paper, and other products. Potatoes that are not suitable for sale as table stock…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… the Food Industry Strong has a rich history of food production. Corn and apples were sent across the country."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… publicity! The sporting camps would give her free food and free lodging. Did you know that Fly Rod even had a specially-designed skirt? Buttons…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… to subsist off the land by growing their own food or by wreathmaking, clamming, and blueberrying, while others work in both blue collar and white…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… for medical, burial and housing expenses, and for food and household necessities. Members might help another veteran get a job or secure a loan."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Many people lived off the game for food. Phil Richards with his buck, Strong, ca. 1944Strong Historical Society There used to be a fine of…"

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

"… used for the ladies reception and exhibition of foods, such as butter, cheese, maple sugar and fruits."

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

"Ceres was the goddess of food plants, and her name has been incorporated into one of the most common words we use today: cereal."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Along with purchases for food and household goods, loans were given to help out the needy; sometimes they even found work for the needy veterans."

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"Both pot-ash and pearl-ash were worth more than any other product a farmer could produce, and large quantities were shipped from Hallowell until the…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"Examples of products would be food, ingredients, and medicine. They shipped potash which is found in chimneys, and it was made into gun powder."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"They held auctions, catered, had food sales, sold lunches at the mills, had booths at the county fair, and sold chances on quilts and other donated…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"Farmers and lumbermen not only used potatoes for food, they learned how to extracted starch from them for their own use to stiffen cloth for fancy…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… Public Library These citizens would either have food, clothing or medicine brought to their home if they had one, or if they had no home they…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… parts of their life cycles in the marsh; it is a food production and distribution system for marsh inhabitants; it is a nursery for various fish…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"… roles in local agriculture and were supplying food and goods. Farmington men who received the Deferred Classification designation included: Warren…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… of course running a restaurant he had access to food, and he would exchange meals not for money, but for a personal item like a ring or some…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… at all, for it was natural and was in major production, but metal, on the other hand,was hard to find and was not in major production."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… survived by diversifying crop and livestock production, developing sideline non-farming business, and manufacturing nontraditional products and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… corn were planted later to be turned into flour, food crops were planted, as well as oats for livestock. Apple orchards were quickly established."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… to make a handsome profit, sometimes giving food on semi-permanent credit when they saw neighbors in need."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… (ie: caviar, goose liver, specially packed canned foods from SS Pierce Co. in Boston etc.), meat, fish and produce for the expanding summer colony."

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

"… shellfish and wildlife of the marsh provided food, a medium of exchange and fertilizer for crops."