Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"… brought to one of the smaller outer islands for grazing. The independence of islanders to raise their own food remained strong even as the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They felled trees to clear land for farming and grazing. They built sawmills to make boards, staves, and shingles needed for boats, dwellings, barns…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… were often assigned a marsh lot (or lots) for grazing their animals, later deeding these lots to their heirs."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"Others might pause to imagine the livestock that grazed in these now wooded pastures, or the lives lived above these cellar holes, or the wagons that…"

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

"… today, wooded now where once sheep and cattle grazed the fields, keeping down growth and preserving wide vistas."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… working early inhabitants. The meadows provided grazing area for livestock, the soil was fertile for crops, and the different kinds of elevations…"