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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Places

"… include: Brick Inn Farmington's First Grist Mill Franklin County Agricultural Fair Lowell's General Store Measuring Rock Meeting House Park North…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… at the 62nd Annual Exhibition of the Franklin County Agricultural Society, held on the Franklin Park, it was stated, “We have the finest Cattle…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… of the Farmington State Normal School - Education Franklin County Agricultural Fair - Agriculture, Places Jacob Abbott - People, Education John…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… the death of Enoch Lincoln, County Treasurer for Franklin County (also see educator above) Isabel (Whittier) Greenwood 1862-1958: Philanthropist…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… In 1840, the legislature granted a charter to the Franklin County Agricultural Society. The first meeting was held May 26, 1840 with John Titcomb…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Falls Joan Small, Research Librarian - UMF Franklin Journal & Franklin Chronicle Newspapers Richard Mallett's Schools Unpublished history of St…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… center, and a building for events such as the Franklin County Agriculture Society. When the farmers drove their wagons to Society meetings, they…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… 1776-1885, Francis Gould Butler) In southern Franklin County, thirty-six miles northwest of Augusta and eighty miles north of Portland, lies…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… on this 1861 Walling Topographical Map of the Franklin County with Town of Farmington noted (map from Library of Congress)."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903

"… and Other Poems, is subtitled "A souvenir of Franklin County." It celebrates local persons and places including Farmington Normal School, Mount…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… but the branch of Nortons that came to the Franklin County area lived on Martha’s Vineyard. Each generation left its mark on the towns where they…"

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

"… building.Farmington Historical Society In 1859, Franklin County exported $92,000 worth of apples, the equivalent of $2 million today."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"The season lasted a mere three weeks. Franklin Farm Products Cooperative, established in 1929 was the last cannery to disappear from Farmington’s…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… in relation to surrounding communities, the county, and the state. All the other maps were built on the base map."

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

"… microfilm at the University of Maine Library here in Farmington. Research by Nancy Porter Farmington Historical Society & Franklin County GenWeb"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He owned and operated Franklin Telephone & Telegraph, which he expanded east toward New Sharon and north to the Phillips area."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"Butler’s “History of Farmington” Franklin Journal Newspaper Franklin Chronicle Newspaper Conversations with Roger Spear supported by Newspaper…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Flora Brooks, Lying in Repose, 1922

"from the obituary, Franklin Journal, September, 1922. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… Schools by the State's teachers. The teachers of Franklin County passed a resolution at their convention in 1857, that said: Resolved : That the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - SEE NOTES Ladies' Third Annual Banquet. Farmington, Maine. 1893. Back cover.

"… appear to have been a bit lengthy, since the Franklin Journal reported the last farewell took place at one o'clock A.M."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Welcome

"Welcome Farmington History Online logo designed by Melanie Taylor Coombs X Farmington is a vibrant community in the western foothills of Maine…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Culture

"Culture Click the icon to see locations of cultural sites in Farmington (past and present) X Artifact research and descriptions by Jean…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"John Frank Stevens By Christopher Webb, Secondary Education major, Social Studies concentration, at University of Maine Farmington, Class of 2010…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"Bob Marley By Noor Hussein​. The University of Maine at Farmington, class of 2022 Robert Cochrane Marley Jr. (a.k.a."