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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Shipbuilding, farming, fisheries and sawmills offered opportunities. The Nineteenth Century Seavey's Stage Coach and Four, Scarborough, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… using the same canning process as that used for farm produce, such as corn. After 1873 Burnham & Morrill moved to Jones Creek at Pine Point."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Many houses on the island have private collections of these artifacts, though little is known of their original owners."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Farming continued to keep families in produce and meat. With the many varieties of fish available in the Gulf of Maine and the surrounding waters…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… land in Dunstan, which was divided into several farms. A successful merchant, he was also a farmer, owner of trading vessels and a town justice."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… the Scarborough Marsh Nature Center and Broadturn Farm Unlike many neighboring towns, Scarborough did not develop around a town center."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"City Farm (Poor Farm), Biddeford, ca. 1910McArthur Public Library The high cost of soldier's bounties paid by the cities, had an overall negative…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"The house was considered a farm house. Guilford Center House, 1983Guilford Historical Society Over the years quite a few people lived there and…"

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."

Easton Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Salmon farming had success in other parts of the country and world. The waters around Swan’s Island seemed a good fit for salmon farming."

Freeport Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"He hoped to make enough money to buy a farm before he went home. He reported making fifteen hundred dollars in one year alone but there is no proof…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"… until April 1864 when he found him work on a farm and a chance to go to school. The illustrations, on page 596 of the Martin's "Journal" that he…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"One group of these new residents bought property on the ridge above South Street and established "Circle Farm." They grew much of their own food and…"

Salmon Brook Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"… Severance Fuller Orff Henry Holden Willington Farm Barracks Col. Daniel White Ed Getchell Fort Point Light For Pownal Howard L. Sampson James G."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868

"… him: architecture, politics, gardening and farming, business, boats, horses, trolleys, churches, and, especially dancing and music."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"The fields in front of Tucker’s Farm were bustling with visiting farmers and their animals from throughout Hancock County."

Ste. Agathe Historical Society

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Byron Historical Society

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

"… time he was 10, he was proud of his gardening and farming prowess and often wrote in his journal and other accounts about his gardens and plantings."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"… he began to work in the fields at Reed Hardings farm in Brewer. Martin wrote, "This style of cap was in fashion when I was 4 years old they had no…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"… stepfather, Solomon Raynes, moved the family to a farm on Ball Hill Cove in Hampden. Martin, in a journal he wrote beginning in 1864 about his…"