Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Agricultural Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880

"… Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880 1870 rye, winter wheat - 20 acres planted 1871 wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, beans, and potatoes - 166…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"… of wheat did you grow in 1839? Barley? Oats? Rye? Indian corn? Buck wheat? Potatoes? 5. How many pounds of wool? Hops? Wax? 6."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"They planted corn and rye upon the burnt land. Before the snows of the following winter fell, these energetic first settlers had hewn timber…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… cottage and located farther inland, north along Rye Field Lane on or near the present-day site of the Old Ell."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"The Old Ell is Born Old Ell, Rye Field Lane, Northeast Harbor 1939Northeast Harbor Library By the year 1898, despite having previously built…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"She spent many summers selling her wares in Rye Beach, New Hampshire. Sylvia got into a railway crash in 1933, causing her to go blind until her her…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"They grew crops of potatoes, rye, beans and pumpkins on burned over land. Bears and raccoons ate their corn so that was not a successful crop."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… dug and built for the house to the north along Rye Field Lane, and the house moved onto the foundation, insulated and sided."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"1984Raymond H. Fogler Library Bangor Rye Bread Bakery entrance, ca. 1976Raymond H. Fogler Library Hancock Street buildings, Bangor, ca."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… was not easy to farm but they managed to grow rye, corn, beans, potatoes and other vegetables to survive."