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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"Since horses both pulled the digger and powered the digger mechanism, the horses tired easily. They had to rest frequently or were replaced by…"

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

"There is a grand stand to watch the horse racing of trotters and pacers. Amusement rides have been added and thousands of people from Franklin County…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"His neighbors farmed with horses that would pull big drags with rocks piled on it. The drag would make flat paths. That looked like little roads."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Once the ice was off the river, it would be pulled by horse to the nearest ice house. There the ice blocks would run down a ramp, to be set by tons…"

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… were called "galamanders," and were usually pulled by 8 to 10 teams of horses or oxen. Granite the from the Stinchfield and Longfellow quarries on…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"This made the digger easier for the horses to pull. Harvesting Potatoes, Presque Isle, 1940Presque Isle Historical Society The photograph on…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… it scared the horses and they started trying to pull it on its side. Well it scared me to death but it was fine, my grandfather got it to stop."

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

"… so, it was better than working your horses to pull out the logs, because the horses would wear out fast."

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… due to the expansion of the track for tractor pulls and other events. Presque Isle Historical Society Sources: Bangor Daily Commercial, Sept…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"We would just pull up and double park, haul the ice around back. You couldn’t do that today!” “If people wanted ice they would put this card in the…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Booklet listed events on Friday such as horse pulling, ball games, bean-hole bean supper, talent show, helicopter rides and a horseshoe tournament…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Horses pulled the stage over roads that are closed today. Bowery Corner, an old intersection connecting various roads in the Severy Hill area, put up…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"boat pulling logs across Moosehead Lake X Logging started with the contractor- he selected the spot where wood was to be cut, and later dumped in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"There were oxen-pulling contests, agricultural exhibits, and local domestic and manufactured crafts."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"“We had the first school bus in town, pulled by a team of horses. The conveyance, built of wood, was rectangular in shape with seats along either…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"We would just pull up and double park, haul the ice around back. You couldn’t do that today! If people wanted ice they would put this card in the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… Department, established in 1910, used horses to pull its equipment until purchasing its first motorized vehicle in 1929. A Musical Culture."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"A carriage is a four-wheeled car that is pulled by two or more horses. He may have been the only wheelwright and carriage maker in Lincoln at that…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"The horse stumbled and plunged, throwing Mr. Trask directly over its head. Mr.Trask was thrown onto the ground, landing forcefully on his neck and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… baseball, circuses, soccer, carnivals, tractor pulls, rodeos, demolition derbies, horse shows, and even a trans-Atlantic balloon race."

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

"Felled trees were pulled out of the forests with teams of horses or oxen. Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… rope to it and had the citizens of Bath help them pull it down, blocking the whole street off. The next afternoon the Mayor ordered a fancy lunch…"

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

"Stephen led oxen pulling a heavily loaded sled. Betsey’s brother went with them and he drove a horse-sled filled with beds and other furniture."