Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… still an agricultural fair with livestock, horse pulling, tractor pulling, an exhibition hall for crafts and food goods."

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

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

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides and games."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

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

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"There were oxen-pulling contests, agricultural exhibits, and local domestic and manufactured crafts."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Got Stowell with his oxen to help me over bare ground up to the Huntress Ferry. Hauled my load with hard pulling up to the top of the [?] way hill…"

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

"… 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 Peters Cove."

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…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"With his earnings he bought a pair of oxen for $50 and sold them for $55. He went to Byron, Maine to work as a logger for $12 a month for 2 1/2…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… and put it on four cart-wheels with 12 yoke of oxen, with all the people they could pile on to it, and drove to Dixfield Village."

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

"Stephen led oxen pulling a heavily loaded sled. Betsey’s brother went with them and he drove a horse-sled filled with beds and other furniture."

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

"… Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides and games, while the centerpiece of the one day…"