Maine Memory Network

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

"… were usually pulled by 8 to 10 teams of horses or oxen. Granite the from the Stinchfield and Longfellow quarries on Lithgow Hill (known today as…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides and games."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… and with the help of family members and a team of oxen. A.C. and Emily Savage and their descendants certainly seemed to live up to legends of…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… ice.Hubbard Free Library “Teams of horses and oxen would haul the ice down our ice house and then other workers would shove it up the ramp into…"

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

"… lot of grain to feed working teams of horses and oxen.” (Teams were not only on farms but were working in the woods logging)."

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

"It was tough. Teams of horses and oxen would haul the ice down our ice house and then other workers would shove it up the ramp into the ramp and…"

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

"… 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 Peters Cove."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… hauled about two miles to the landing by teams of oxen. The bark Delia Chapin, also built by Major Waterhouse, was the last ship built in the…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Col. Morse ordered 16 pair of oxen in two heavy teams to make the trip to Hallowell to haul cables and fittings to New Portland."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides and games, while the centerpiece of the one day…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… of the sawdust, and employed drillers, saw-men, oxen teams, and delivery people. Wars and economic times impacted New Portland as in other areas."