Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"My mother had to herd five water buffalos, and my father worked in rice and peanut fields. They both got little pay on some days, no pay on others."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"… in the middle of a cow pasture killing the whole herd of cows. One story Jeremiah told me was about an apple, an uncle, and two sneaky boys."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"Whole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep were bought by Hervey Lowell, which he kept at the homestead."

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"He owned over 30 sheep and he bought a herd of cattle every summer. He also sold his meat and hides to people in the town."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"The deer herd in Western Maine had suffered greatly by the 1890s. In the late 1800s game laws were put into place that regulated how many deer you…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… as having fifty acres of corn and a large herd of cattle.” Titcomb Syrup Bottle The Titcomb Family made maple syrup for over 200 years."