Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"Poor Farm City "Poor" Farm, Poor Farm Road, Hallowell, 1879Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner In a Mayor's Address from…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"The poor person’s relatives, if any lived in the state, were required to contribute to their support, in proportion to their ability."

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

"The Semmes converted the farm from a dairy farm to a riding school where all five family members, Carl, Abby, Sally, Donald, and Richard, were…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… X Farming Diversity Unlike large single-crop farms of the west, our local farms produced a variety of products for both farm use and sale to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Brook trout X Trout Farming Trout farming was established in Cumberland around 1902 when William H."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The Marston-Lawrence farm X Riverside Farm The Marston-Lawrence homestead still stands on North Road in North Yarmouth overlooking a small oxbow…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"Both towns are two of Greater Portland’s bedroom communities, where new residents and founding families alike benefit from the nearness of Maine’s…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Here are some materials on the history of the towns of Cumberland and North Yarmouth: Bennett, Thomas C."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… fluid arrangement for the Eastern Abenaki, who farmed the fertile plains of the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers, and spread out along lands west…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… Society, Cumberland Historical Society, Skyline Farm and the towns of Cumberland and North Yarmouth."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… were used to build ships in Yarmouth’s harbor; farms produced crops that were sold in the village and village merchants sold goods to the rural…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Skyline Farm looks much the same today as it did more than a century ago, and its approach on a dirt road reminds us of what our old roads once…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… and was reputed to have had one of the largest farms in town. Pictures of his home survive. And he was the owner of a saw mill near his home."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Carry a spade to dig a grave for the poor thing.” This counsel was to prove false as the infant, Hannah, lived to the age of 79."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Welcome

"The towns split in 1821, but joined together again to form the local school district in 1966. In 2006, the schools were linked by a sidewalk that…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… overproduction, lack of supplemental income in poor years, fluctuations in yields and prices, debt, and foreclosure."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"The Town of Cumberland matched the $35,000, and private contributions amounted to an additional $45,745."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… is located on the Foreside in the present-day town of Yarmouth. In December 1793, just prior to the founding of the Second Congregational Church of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould felt that the mill was in poor shape and needed quite a few repairs and improvements. In light of these factors, he rejected Johnson’s proposal."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"Blake and Linscott. Young C. is a poor man and has been in the States but a few weeks; has a wife and five children in Canada to whom he was…"

Historic Hallowell - John Calvin Stevens House

"This design has a combination of hip and gable roofs. Next steps in the stroll through Hallowell ~ The Poor Farm."

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

"New Portland has some people who are remembered due to their accomplishments and contributions to the town. Kenton E."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"Residents of the City Farm worked the land and produced goods and produce sold in town to earn their place."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… veteran Jacob Lunt wrote to the Overseers of the Poor, “Mr Hamor, sir, I want you to send me a little bread if possible, or I don’t know what to do."