Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"Penobscot snowshoes, ca. 1850Abbe Museum With the Europeans came new diseases and colonial wars. After 150 years of these conflicts, barely 1,000…"

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

"… Indians camping nearby taught him how to make snowshoes, woodsplint baskets, and a scoop net for fishing. Other settlers followed."

Norway Historical Society

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

"… peavey and pick-pole handles, whiffle-trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats. It was later converted to a long lumber mill."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"Children used Swedish snowshoes which are also known as “skidor” (long and narrow skis). Children had to learn how to ski at a young age."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… peavey and pick–pole handles, whiffle–trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats. Then it was a lumber mill."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… basketball, track, tennis, volleyball, skiing, snowshoeing, cross country, football, and soccer. The community remains very proud of its athletic…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… right after the storm and continued on alone on snowshoes. He spent the winter in his log cabin and as spring approached he tapped his maple trees…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… whitetail deer, moose, coyotes, bobcats, lynx, snowshoe hare, skunks, woodchucks, raccoons, fishers, otters, beavers, porcupines, squirrels…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… until spring, while the men journeyed ahead on snowshoe. Titcomb’s planning and resolve helped to establish the tone of the community."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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