Maine Memory Network

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."

Lovell Historical Society

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Strong Historical Society

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"Red Row Houses, Stockholm, ca. 1925Stockholm Historical Society On Red Row there were 16 duplex houses built by the Stockholm Lumber Company around…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"The Gleason farm, also known as The Intervale Farm, followed the contour of the Androscoggin River to just below the Goodwin Cottages."

Windham 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…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… purchased the property and added a carriage house, a hen house with cupola, and elaborate wooden fencing in an effort to create a picturesque…"

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"… on his death in 1869 and remained on the Hubbard Farm on Winthrop Street until being moved to its present location on Second Street in 1989…"

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… marsh; Southgate, on the Portland end of Dow’s farm; Dunstan, near the Dunstan trolley barn; and Bryants, the Scarborough-Saco town line."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Only one third of the land was good for farming, but the fishing was excellent. Travel was difficult at all times but especially in winter on roads…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Libby’s house on Transalpine Road. The house was built in 1840 by Chandler Bruce. Thomas had a house that had enough room to have two families in it…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The company built a boarding house, a store, twelve houses on Red Row Street for their workers' families, a stable and two barns."

Bridgton Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"In 1988, Mariculture Products started a salmon farm that was obtained and renamed "Island Aquaculture" by a local group in 1993."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"He started farm business and doing so was a very rugged man. When you ask about him most people would call him a gentle giant; he got that name…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"He had left his Thomaston lime business and farm property in the hands of Captain Ballard Green and Peter H."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… settlers left the fort and went back to their farms, and the garrison at the fort was discontinued by 1762."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… and Susan Libby, left on-foot from her family farm northwest of the village, on her way to services at the Methodist Church."

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…"