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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… was fierce and the widespread smuggling of flour, salt beef, and other goods into British territory became increasingly difficult to combat."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They caught cod from small boats and salted it. When they caught more than they could eat, they traded it for flour, sugar, soap, molasses, and oil."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Hall saw them in use to “break up” the salt and fish in the brining tanks. Van Riper’s photograph of the Brining Room shows one ready to use."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… must have boiled potatoes, meal, and a little salt when necessary. The hay must be used with entire economy. You will, under the direction of Mr."

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

"… Oysters (Raw with pepper & Vinegar) Hoe Cake Salt Beef Etc etc etc etc So you see I did not fare so bad, after all."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… who caught the fish, the processors who dried, salted or otherwise preserved the fish, and the suppliers who shipped the product to market."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Before the 1800s, a salt works and two brickyards were built in East Surry. There was also a brickyard in Surry Village on Patten Bay, plus Newbury…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… several fish factories both fresh and for salting, blacksmiths, coopers, a medicinal fish oil factory, and continued boat building."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"Indeed, the RSU 10 team is liberally salted with district teachers who, under Dr. Overall’s tutelage, have acquired both their master’s degrees and a…"

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

"Charles H. Bartlett and Gene Jenkins started a salt box factory and manufactured boxes that would fit inside each other for ease of shipping."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… to Boston By a Paper of Pins By 1/2 bushel of salt By a bunch of thread During the Revolutionary War, John Crosby was distinguished by promotion…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Salt spray and dominating fog wreaked severe deterioration within twenty years. A second lighthouse of rubble masonry took over in 1831, the hastily…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… because his doctor advised him that the salt air would make him well. The Homestead could seat up to sixty people in its dining hall and communal…"

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

"… currents alternately flooding and emptying the Salt Pond. The town's tax assessor in 1792 reported 50 houses, 8 mills, 6 stores, 95 oxen, 178 cows…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"The market for salt fish expanded in 1800, leading more settlers to rely on fishing as a livelihood."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Portland YMCA • “Klondike” – Electrolytic Marine Salts Co. established in Lubec • First Lubec High School class graduates (1897) 1900s 1900 •…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… was named for Paoli Hewes, who established a salt works on the point in 1792. Hewes Point developed into Islesboro's second summer resort area in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… cheese wheels, beans, sugar, spices, slabs of salt fish, molasses barrels and the pot belly stove."

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

"There were sawmills, the first built in 1803, salt factories, shoe factories, carding mills, blacksmith shops, and ice houses."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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