Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… of scavenger, clerk of the market, and hogreeve (hog constable) several times. He also served as assessor and justice of the peace for Suffolk…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… and Tax Collector, Bondsmen, Road Surveyors, Hog Reaves and other positions were elected to see that the town would be on stable footing for the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"They take A Hog and split him lenghways and shave the bristles off and smoke him and it comes here called Bacon."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… when he was riding horseback, he encountered a hog that became frightened and rushed directly under the horse's hoofs."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"The cattle, sheep, goats, work horses, hogs and poultry on display range from magnificent to humble and show that animal husbandry is not gone from…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… houses, 8 mills, 6 stores, 95 oxen, 178 cows, 58 hogs, and 5 horses. Shipbuilding and Seafaring . Shipyards were established on the sloping shores…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… indicate the frequent town recordings of sheep, hog and cattle markings, demonstrating that animal raising for sale and consumption was an…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… clearing, farming and tending to the cattle, hogs, sheep, goats and chickens. Accordingly, most stayed close to home in small settlements."

St. Croix Historical Society

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