Keywords: Oxen use
- Historical Items (23)
- Tax Records (0)
- Architecture & Landscape (0)
- Online Exhibits (11)
- Site Pages (15)
- My Maine Stories (2)
- Lesson Plans (0)
Site Pages
These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair
"A sample of stock categories include: working oxen, horses, sheep, swine, steers and calves. Premiums included a high of $4 for “best stud horses,”…"
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming
"Fred Turner Sr. with oxen, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society Sheep were raised in large flocks with little effort and expense…"
Site Page
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…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4
"Once cut, horses and oxen, shod in bog shoes, hauled the harvested hay to staddles. To increase acreage yields, large-scale diking was undertaken."
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3
"Got Stowell with his oxen to help me over bare ground up to the Huntress Ferry. Hauled my load with hard pulling up to the top of the [?] way hill…"
Site Page
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…"
Site Page
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)."
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"… finale of the fall Farmer’s Club was a parade of oxen. One time, it is remembered, the finale was fifty-seven yokes long."
Site Page
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."
Site Page
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…"
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid
"With his earnings he bought a pair of oxen for $50 and sold them for $55. He went to Byron, Maine to work as a logger for $12 a month for 2 1/2…"
Site Page
"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."
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth
"… in the vicinity of Walnut Hill and hauled by oxen in the winter down to the Falls, perhaps a distance of five or six miles."
Site Page
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…"
Site Page
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."