Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Isaiah had noticed the commander’s horse get killed, and he brought his horse to his commander. Then Isaiah ran into the woods, and he slept in…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Very few residents could afford horses so walking was the primary means of transportation. For those who did not go to sea for a living, time was…"

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

"… for ten years, before being thrown from a horse, fracturing her hip. She never recovered the use of her hip but lived an additional 20 years."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"Horses, obtained in Caribou in 1871, were used to plow and to assist in clearing the land the next summer."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… 10 cents for someone on foot, 31 cents for a horse and carriage, and 3 cents apiece for sheep or pigs."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… 4 Commissioned Officers; - 43 Privates; 60 Horses and Mules; A large lot of Boots & shoes; cloth ect. ect."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… one of the main means of transportation besides horse and buggy, railroads, and ferries. Steamboats were also used to carry items like lumber."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"It was first a horse stable. Then it became Porter Tailor Shop, which was tailoring for men. Then on November 12, 1943, Mr. Bennie F."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… from the north and the farmers would hitch their horses on the west side of the street. After World War I, Mr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… to improve in the 1930s, farmers would keep a horse and wagon as backup. Aviation fever came to Scarborough in 1926 when Chester Jordan and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"His home is now known as the Copper Horse Inn. He operated a grist mill and lumber mill. Elias's home was built across from the Veterans’ Monument."

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

"Whether they are carried by a horse drawn wagon, or a 320 horsepower truck, the island spirit survives."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

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

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… and housing was installed which was rated for 150 horse power. This business furnished employment for many and gave a ready market for birch timber."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Bar Harbor had its own horse track and a golf course where, in 1910, President William Howard Taft would play."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… owners to add hitching rails for their patrons’ horses if they wished. In her memoir, Down Memory Lane, Emily Phillips Reynolds recalls the Ober…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Betsey’s brother went with them and he drove a horse-sled filled with beds and other furniture. Betsey, her young son and the baby rode in the sled."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… to Society meetings, they brought their prize horse, cow, sheep and perhaps a pig to show off to the other farmers."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… greatly from the new steamer service with horse drawn single and double hitches a common sight along the wharf."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"We would watch the milkman come with a horse and carriage. It wasn’t very sanitary I don’t believe. Are there any similarities between now and then…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Print. Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen with horses, ca. 1910Bangor Public Library Lumber schooners on the Penobscot River at Bangor, ca."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… Distance Telephone, Telegraphic Office, Saddle Horses, [and] Excellent Livery” (Wood 73). The Inn offered the public performances of a small…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… dining room and traveler's rooms, it had a large horse stable. It was lost to fire in 1903, but part of the building was salvaged and relocated."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"They came by horse and returned by canoe. Soon, people from Benedicta started coming to worship the Catholic religion in Lincoln."