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Stockholm Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"The house was considered a farm house. Guilford Center House, 1983Guilford Historical Society Over the years quite a few people lived there and…"

L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"The soil is rich and supports farming even today. With such fertility and abundance, it is no wonder that humans have lived and flourished here for…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's plow, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… time he was 10, he was proud of his gardening and farming prowess and often wrote in his journal and other accounts about his gardens and plantings."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"Martin wrote, "This style of cap was in fashion when I was 4 years old they had no visor and were wadded with cotton batting and sometimes trimed…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… pioneers raised cattle, sheep and small farm animals and supplemented food supplies from the wild lands that surrounded their farms."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… had three children at the old Morgan Bay Road farm property: Lemuel (eventually a stonecutter in Brooksville who had 11 children) in 1871, Mina in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"He also asked about things relating to the farm and about things back home John Edward Barry's baby shoes, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"He had left his Thomaston lime business and farm property in the hands of Captain Ballard Green and Peter H."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… come and go: spruce gum, several lumber mills, farming, mining of phosphate, and even gold mining, which continues today."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"Returning to Maine, he settled on a farm in Waldoboro, where he never experienced a day of sickness until shortly before his death on February 19…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… marsh; Southgate, on the Portland end of Dow’s farm; Dunstan, near the Dunstan trolley barn; and Bryants, the Scarborough-Saco town line."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"… the autumn of 1937 Ethel Cobb came to the Record farm on the middle road, she had been assigned to teach at the Parsons School."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… tended to be affluent, and adventuresome, as they farmed, traveled and interacted with Ellsworth citizens."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… and Susan Libby, left on-foot from her family farm northwest of the village, on her way to services at the Methodist Church."

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"He hoped to make enough money to buy a farm before he went home. He reported making fifteen hundred dollars in one year alone but there is no proof…"

Windham Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… to Allan, retired in 1798 to his North Lubec farm. Ample clout, these two. Congress appropriated $5,000 in 1806, and not only for navigation."

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"… business, worked in schools, factories and farms. Organizations like the Row House, that works to preserve Hallowell’s architectural and culture…"

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

"New York: Penguin Books, 2004. York Deeds. Vol. II, 114. Centervale Farm - Business and Retail Center X Shops at Bessey Square X"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… example, a tattered wool country cloak found at a farm in Standish (pictured at left). By the same token, rarity, elite fashions which do not often…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… of English and French North America, and all the old hatreds and arguments crossed from the Old World into the New with vicious alacrity."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Dist.# 2 - The schoolhouse was situated further north on the road to Farmington near the old Conant place, in the area now known as the south end of…"