Maine Memory Network

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

"Corn and apples were sent across the country. In April, 1871, a group of farmers organized the Sandy River Cheese Company, the first in the state."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Sweet corn from Maine was popular all across the nation.   Our interview with a former farmer Today farmers continue the challenge to survive."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… a high sugar content, thus the name of “sweet corn.” (More about Farmington's Corn Canning Industry.) Challenges Burnham and Morrill Canning…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… wished that when they rang the bell, it sang as sweetly as it did when in father Rasle's hands. One day the English took his strong box full of…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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