Maine Memory Network

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

"John Martin's plow, Hampden, ca. 1833 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904)…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a row of sharp teeth which cut a narrow furrow six or seven inches deep."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a row of sharp teeth which cut a narrow furrow six or seven inches deep."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"Snow Otis Stone Reed Harding Martin's plow Martin's garden First passenger steamer Doctor Allen Rogers Tavern, apothecary shop"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"Near the beginning of the storm, snow plows were able to clear the roads. Eventually neither cars nor the plows could even drive through it."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"Moving to Maine: There to Here Tractor plowing snow, Lovell, ca. 1930Lovell Historical Society After they got over the “snow amazement”…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"… were needed to do the heavy work such as plowing and also as transport of people from one part of the island to another. Fred Turner Sr."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… silver coins and a gold wedding-signet ring while plowing the island’s northwest slope. Historian William Willis assigned original ownership of the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"In 2009 he worked with a teamster to organize “Plow Day” during which five teams of draft horses plowed the fields that were originally farmed by the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"Horses, obtained in Caribou in 1871, were used to plow and to assist in clearing the land the next summer."

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

"He owned the first plow, first harrow, first set of jointing tools, first brick kiln, and two pod augers (one for his use and one to borrow)."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Poor roads, few motor vehicles, and no snow plows made travel difficult. Later when travel became easier, the towns remained insular."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Allagash River and from surface collections of plowed fields on the George Sawyer farm in Ashland."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… been a difficult chore for those whose rakes and plows most likely sat under a deep blanket of snow."

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

"… Parker had some resources and owned the first plow, harrow, and brick kiln in the area. He continued to be a man of firsts and was the first person…"