Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"X Until the early 1870’s potatoes were harvested by the farmer to provide for his family and the local lumbermen."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum

"In Presque Isle’s early history, citizens skated on the stream immediately adjacent to the park. Years later, the skating rink moved onto land now…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"… one of her five children, started racing in the early 1980’s. Dorothy worked at the racing office about the same time."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"His dam was Braden Girl. Early lessons given to John R Braden did not indicate that he had the ability to become a great race horse."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… Goldthwait Projected population statistics from “The Veritcal Farm” – by Dr. Dickson Despommier, copyright 2011, Picador / St. Martin’s Press"

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

"… big barn, while continuing to stable horses and farm equipment also became part of a taxi and vehicle storage business established in 1926 by…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… 1922-1963, the Old House, like many New England farm houses of the era, originally had a shed and barn attached to it."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Desert Island and the mainland. Fishing, farming, and trading were what made the communities productive throughout the late 18th and into the 19th…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… and very capably, tackled many tasks at home of farming, child rearing, cooking, and caring for the sick, elderly, and dead."

Lincoln, Maine - Asa Griffin, Lincoln, ca. 1900

"He owned a large farm in Lincoln Center on the Town Farm Road. The Masonic Hall later became the Lincoln Town Office."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They set up fish weirs and fences. They felled trees to clear land for farming and grazing. They built sawmills to make boards, staves, and shingles…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"At home, women were left to tend the farms, manage family business, care for the sick and elderly, raise children, and bear the awful news that too…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Unlike many of Mount Desert’s families who farmed, fished, built boats, or participated in some of all of the year around occupations, the Savages…"

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."

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

"Robinson Dilly Snow Farm, Ball Hill Cove, Brewer Clara Herrich Enoch Holbrook Farm, Brewer George Snow Dick Patten T."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… Mexico Corner in early years was mainly a farming community with Curtis Howe operating the first general store."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Although our farms have declined, the Board of Selectmen recently endorsed the state’s efforts in the promotion of farming throughout the state."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… tavern, learning to dance, learning accounting, farming, and politics. Some of the people and events mentioned are: Allen Rogers Reed Harding…"

Byron Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Scattered farms were located just “above the hill” going towards Carthage and Weld. Joseph Mitchell and his wife “Aunt Hannah” Dillingham settled on…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"Their farms were widely separated, and they struggled for existence in the face of primitive hardships."

Stockholm Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"Some of the occupations included lumbering; farming, which included tending sheep as there were as many as 6000 sheep on Long Island a the time of…"

Peru Historical Society

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