Maine Memory Network

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

"By 1880 John Bangs was a clothing manufacturer. Mr. Bangs had a wife, Clara, and three sons, and by 1910 he was a widower, living in Nebraska."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849

"… colored fur cap, Pilot cloth over coat, hunting boots, and rifle. The form of the cap is exact, the outlines of the coat and boots very near."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The answer came when Stockholm residents started hunting. Hunting quickly became a exciting sport that most people were involved in."

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…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They hunted. They made their clothing at home, beginning with raising the sheep and then weaving the wool."

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…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… eked out livings as farmers too, but they also hunted, fished and worked as stone-cutters. Toddy Pond itself was not a pond, but rather a river…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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