Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… and goods, the Aroostook Valley Railway boasted a small passenger service. The passenger station was located on Riverside Drive in the building…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"Zircon Brook and the Androscoggin River. His granddaughter, Janette West Blouin, who still resides next to the existing West farm, recalls hearing…"

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"… on his death in 1869 and remained on the Hubbard Farm on Winthrop Street until being moved to its present location on Second Street in 1989…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"The soil is rich and supports farming even today. With such fertility and abundance, it is no wonder that humans have lived and flourished here for…"

Peru Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"New York: Penguin Books, 2004. York Deeds. Vol. II, 114. Centervale Farm - Business and Retail Center X Shops at Bessey Square X"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"Their farms were widely separated, and they struggled for existence in the face of primitive hardships."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They set up fish weirs and fences. They felled trees to clear land for farming and grazing. They built sawmills to make boards, staves, and shingles…"

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Only one third of the land was good for farming, but the fishing was excellent. Travel was difficult at all times but especially in winter on roads…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Unlike many of Mount Desert’s families who farmed, fished, built boats, or participated in some of all of the year around occupations, the Savages…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… come and go: spruce gum, several lumber mills, farming, mining of phosphate, and even gold mining, which continues today."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… River near the Aaron Graham/Bartlett/Welch farm, which the south-side children attended when the river was insufficiently frozen for them to walk…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… pioneers raised cattle, sheep and small farm animals and supplemented food supplies from the wild lands that surrounded their farms."

Windham Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Men and women built small farms along the fertile banks of the river, grew crops and raised livestock for themselves and to trade."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… tools have been unearthed over the years through farming, construction and natural erosion. Many houses on the island have private collections of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Thomas grew up on a farm right on the outskirts of Albion, planting and harvesting food for his community, and got a small education at the age of 13."

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

"One group of these new residents bought property on the ridge above South Street and established "Circle Farm." They grew much of their own food and…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… isolating the early lightkeepers from the small farming population in North Lubec. The 1899 renovation of the keepers’ house created a duplex with…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Desert Island and the mainland. Fishing, farming, and trading were what made the communities productive throughout the late 18th and into the 19th…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The small farm buildings, used to store ice through the summer, were recognized by their thick, insulated walls and few windows."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The small farm buildings, used to store ice through the summer, were recognized by their thick, insulated walls and few windows."