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Blacksmith, Islesboro, ca. 1890

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

"… indicate the frequent town recordings of sheep, hog and cattle markings, demonstrating that animal raising for sale and consumption was an…"

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Big Tree, Islesboro, ca. 1920

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… then “Longue Island Plantation” and then “Long Island.” In 1789, this island and the adjacent islands including Seven Hundred Acre, Job’s and Lime…"

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Plan of J. Robinson lot, Topsham, 1761

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… of scavenger, clerk of the market, and hogreeve (hog constable) several times. He also served as assessor and justice of the peace for Suffolk…"

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Blue Hill Agricultural Fair, ca. 1875

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"The cattle, sheep, goats, work horses, hogs and poultry on display range from magnificent to humble and show that animal husbandry is not gone from…"

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Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca. 1900

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… houses, 8 mills, 6 stores, 95 oxen, 178 cows, 58 hogs, and 5 horses. Shipbuilding and Seafaring . Shipyards were established on the sloping shores…"