Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Jasper Beckwith Spraying Potatoes, Presque Isle, 1940

"… Horses were still used in 1940 for many farm chores. Here is shown a type of sprayer that appears to power the pump off the wheels."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… crop, paid off their mortgages, improved their farm buildings and their homes and found themselves with more leisure time."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"… Potatoes ONTO THE TRUCK Sweetser Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1900Presque Isle Historical Society Around 1900, barrels were transported to and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"In the spring of 1906, building began on a power plant at Aroostook Falls in New Brunswick to supply much-needed power to northern Maine and New…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… was a 70 foot white spruce from the Elmbrook farm of Miss Alice Kimball. The tree, estimated to be over 100 years old, had a diameter at the base…"

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…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 10 of 13

"This picture shows the Myron Gartley farm in 1976. <kids rolling on the barrels> As you can see, the younger pickers did not seem to mind a break."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"One time the potato service bought about 25 farm trucks at once and they were all red and white. Those trucks cost about $1,700 each so we made a lot…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"… go to work at four in the morning for the dairy farm. I would get done at eleven and work for Carroll’s until five at night."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… of horses and oxen.” (Teams were not only on farms but were working in the woods logging). Lowell’s bought oats and corn in lots of five or six…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"Growing up on a farm he had his own pony named Scout that he broke himself. He would chase his siblings around the pastures."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Although the large farms are few, several smaller farms are producing foods locally. The Farmington community still supports its agricultural…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"… and has twelve acres of land that he cuts for firewood. He enjoys gardening and has his own Christmas tree farm where he grows 700 trees a year."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"… Isle Historical Society Up until the 1970s when farms became more automated, farmers in Aroostook County used barrels to move potatoes from the…"

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."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"Like most tools on smaller family farms, barrel grapples were made locally, sometimes by the farmer himself."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… collections of plowed fields on the George Sawyer farm in Ashland. By the Late Archaic Period (6,500 – 3, 400 years ago) many artifacts and some…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Alexander Hillman, an ambitious man, owned a farm near the town limits toward Industry and was reputed to have had one of the largest farms in town."

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

"The Historical Societies, as well as Skyline Farm and Carriage Museum, provide ties to the past, inviting and encouraging residents to remember their…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"With steel in short supply, none was used in the construction, and over the years the building has needed extensive repair because of the lack of…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… and fur traders were supplanted by more stable farming settlements. The abundance of timber, good harbors and a demand for sailing vessels resulted…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"View of Farmington from Titcomb Hill Farm, ca. 1885Farmington Historical Society Although no longer the bustling agricultural hub it was in the…"

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…"