Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"… an amount of corn, beans, &c., also 1200 pounds pork and 500 pounds beef. The number of poor maintained at the farm the past year, was 13."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… Marion Stinson remembers, "You could buy a pork chop for ten cents." Smith owned a team of horses, most likely to transport his products."

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… the time of the Aroostook War (also known as the “Pork and Beans War” and the “Lumberjack War”), I would be nervous if I was a wife to one of the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… manufactured goods were exchanged for cash, beef, pork, flour and wood products. The town entered a period of growth and prosperity and in 1820…"