Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"My mother and father did have sweet potatoes, but they were the size of a twelve year-old’s fist. It was normal to eat only lunch and dinner in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"The potato became so important that in 1913 Thomas Phair and other leading Presque Isle businessmen convinced the state legislature to fund the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"One of his efforts paid off when he was instrumental in obtaining an increase on the tariff on Canadian potatoes entering the United States."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"Some preferred to use buckets to bring the water to the tub. The water was cold. She usually started this in the morning because the clothes took all…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"My grandmother cooked on a fire pit and got water from a well. My parents raised chickens for money and for meat."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Exports were salt and smoked fish, sardines, potatoes, hay, wood and other agricultural products. By 1880 the era of sail had given way to the rise…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"Potato races, Swan's Island, ca. 1950Swan's Island Historical Society Swan Islander’s would gather in Swan’s Village to participate in 4th of July…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"… Marion Stinson recalls: "...we’d take a big potato and put it in a coffee can, you know how coffee used to come about that high in the cans? We’d…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… 73 feet of boards 1/2 loaf of bread 1/2 bushel of potatoes 2 barrels of water 7 barrels of rice 1 bag of cotton 1 box of lemons The prices of most…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"Potatoes had given them a bigger profit when the times were getting hard. By 1879 over $25,000 worth of potatoes had come through Guilford."

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

"… milk, hulled corn, boiled wheat, and roasted potatoes. In September of 1806 Mrs. Robert Herring Jr."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… Roast Turkey (captured while on Picket) Sweet Potatoes (bought at the moderate Price of 3 cts apeace) Oysters (Raw with pepper & Vinegar) Hoe Cake…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Settled in 1780, the pioneers planted corn, potatoes and turnips to get them through the first winter."

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

"Potatoes were down from 45¢ to 15¢ a barrel. Timber was becoming scarce and many mills had to close down."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Here they planted corn and potatoes. In the fall of that year, Joseph Weston, Peter Heywood and one of the boys returned to Massachusetts to bring…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… to islanders, who shipped surplus produce such as potatoes back to Boston on the same vessels. The first regular packet (small sailing craft) line…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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