Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"… the digger and powered the digger mechanism, the horses tired easily. They had to rest frequently or were replaced by another team of horses."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"McGregor was responsible for hiring men and the teams of horses, and procuring supplies to build the concrete core and gatehouse."

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

"They had 10 teams and the horses were used for various jobs. The mills in Stockholm employed most of the people in town."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Strong's first baseball team won their first nine games without a coach. Starting in the 1920s, students began to compete in intermural basketball…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The Tiger had a team of forty people who pumped water into the hose and onto the fire. Some of the people sat on the hose as they went to the fire, a…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"These traveling teams had names as colorful as the players themselves; like the House of David team with all the players sporting long dark beards…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… Cleaning snow from ice.Hubbard Free Library “Teams of horses and oxen would haul the ice down our ice house and then other workers would shove it…"

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

"… it takes a lot of grain to feed working teams of horses and oxen.” (Teams were not only on farms but were working in the woods logging)."

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… "galamanders," and were usually pulled by 8 to 10 teams of horses or oxen. Granite the from the Stinchfield and Longfellow quarries on Lithgow Hill…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… buy a pork chop for ten cents." Smith owned a team of horses, most likely to transport his products."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Other nicknames included “The Little Iron Horse” and the “Cock of the North”. Harness racing was so popular during this time that even sporting teams…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"He had a powerful, high-sprited horse which he called his “War Horse” which was never broken to harness and could be managed by none but himself."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"It was tough. Teams of horses and oxen would haul the ice down our ice house and then other workers would shove it up the ramp into the ramp and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… teamster to organize “Plow Day” during which five teams of draft horses plowed the fields that were originally farmed by the Loring family more…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"“We had the first school bus in town, pulled by a team of horses. The conveyance, built of wood, was rectangular in shape with seats along either…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… trans-Atlantic balloon race took place with teams from Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and United States starting at Bass…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"The team worked hard -- two choppers could cut 6-7,000 feet of logs a day. The choppers used crosscut saws and backsaws."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Byron Weston's ox team (picture shown below) was first used to haul blocks of ice from Cascade Pond to the Arthur Moore ice house between Middle and…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Byron Weston's ox team (picture shown below) was first used to haul blocks of ice from Cascade Pond to the Arthur Moore ice house between Middle and…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"Felled trees were pulled out of the forests with teams of horses or oxen. Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… islanders rowed to Lincolnville, borrowed a team and drove to Camden for a doctor. Northern islanders rowed to Castine for medical help."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"The town’s fire alarm brought the firemen, their teams of horses to haul the equipment, and the hoses from both Rumford and the adjoining town of…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… semi-pro Guilford Advertisers and a visiting team from the Eastern Maine League. Athletic Field & Preble Farm, Guilford, 1925Guilford…"