Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Agricultural Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880

"… - 22 oxen - 14 cows/calves - 100/40 sheep - 33 pigs - 125 domestic fowl - uncounted 1880 horses - 164 oxen - 92 milk cows - 283 cattle, other -…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lewiston Journal article on Katahdin Iron Works

"It describes the process of making pig iron and gives some background about the Kathadin Iron Charcoal Co. and the area where it was located."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"… costs 45 cents per pound dressed; federal pigs cost 70 cents per pound dressed; $35 to kill a pig either way."

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

"… and carriage, and 3 cents apiece for sheep or pigs. Shipbuilding had started, of course, with the first settlers, who needed to get to the fishing…"

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

"Pig scrambles have been a popular event in the North New Portland Fair for many years. If the people caught the pig, they would keep it."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… their prize horse, cow, sheep and perhaps a pig to show off to the other farmers. The green space was a pasture without a fence."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"He also had one purebred cow and one pig, but there is no record of him ever owning any horses. It is believed that the townspeople at the time…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… for hired hands; a milk room for butter making, a pig house and a space for manure and root crop storage."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Acadian Archives

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