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

"… items got to market by a horse drawn tote wagon. There were few paying jobs and that meant little money available for families to purchase items…"

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

"… grist mill, salt box factory, starch factory, wagon shop, novelty mill, carding factory, dye house, fulling mill, clover mill, and shovel handle…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… fording the streams, or trek beside ox-drawn wagons over river ice. More modern travelers had the option of driving up Route 2, along the river…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"1915 Wagons like this one would deliver Riverside Farm's milk daily to the train at Dunn's Depot. North Yarmouth Historical Society The James…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Pinkham, a Farmington wagon, carriage and sleigh builder, came to the Farmington Historical Society from Parkman, a small town in Piscataquis County."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Carriages, wagons, buckboards, sleighs, and four-runner sleds were driven by one or two horses. Dark Harbor Wharf, Islesboro, 1917Islesboro…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… state grew, resulting first in ferries carrying wagons and carriages and later in ferries carrying trains as the railroad extended to the east."

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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