Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… who canoed to the area to fish, trap, and hunt as they always had. Abraham’s son John recalled that during his boyhood Indians camping nearby…"

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"The boys had to take the sheep and stay warm and hunt to survive. Peter returned to and get his familly before Joseph came back."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"… the natural meadows, wide intervale and good hunting and fishing that the region offered. The party canoed up the Kennebec River as far as…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"Fields allowed for hunting, raising cattle, and growing fruits and vegetables. The close proximity to rivers and streams gave early settlers drinking…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… seasons and people retained a food foraging/ hunting and gathering strategy until after the arrival of Europeans."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"They planted beans, corn, and squash and hunted deer and other wild game as well. Occasionally they warred with other tribes along their frontiers…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… waterfowl and other natural resources as they hunted, trapped, clammed and fished in the marsh. When European settlers arrived in the early 1600s…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… jointly provided for their society: generally men hunted game which women in turn cleaned and preserved, and men cleared the fields where women…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… in birch bark canoes, making seasonal journeys to hunt and gather wild animal and plant foods. Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"They first participated in a scavenger hunt looking for artifacts found in the Hubbard Free Library, next on to the cemetery where they were greeted…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Avery and companions on Hunt Trail X Steve Clark, past president of the Maine organization and also guidebook editor for 18 years, wrote that…"

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

"… cultivated potatoes and vegetable gardens, hunted game in nearby woods and lived on fish and clams from the river under the watchful eyes of armed…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… as the Lincoln Town Hall where you can get your hunting and fishing licenses. I could get mine there."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Hunting wild game and trapping were also important jobs for daily survival. Berrying in the summer was an annually awaited event."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… headed out on his own or with fellow tribesmen to hunt seals or gulls from the shores of other islands on the Maine seacoast."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"Robin Haynes led students on a scavenger hunt of the downtown area, where students had to keep their eyes open for different architectural styles…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Dakin Sporting Goods Hunting And Fishing Window Display, Bangor, ca. 1937 Dakin's Sporting Goods sold a variety of equipment, including camping…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealy, and William E. Baxter, the rather small building only consisted of an operating room and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"Clay, Hiram Burr, and Albert G. Hunt. It was considered one of the best hotels in Maine. On March 9th, 1958 the building was torn down, and a modern…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… harbor and plentiful reserves for fishing and hunting. The land was filled with huge trees which the European settlers could harvest for trade with…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… harvest crops, then going on to the woodlands for hunting and trapping. The old Indian trail extending up along the Androscoggin River through…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"They trapped and hunted in order to survive and were much relieved when the family arrived the following summer."

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

"… the natural meadows, wide intervale and good hunting and fishing that the region offered. The party canoed up the Kennebec River as far as…"