Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Whether they are carried by a horse drawn wagon, or a 320 horsepower truck, the island spirit survives."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… Scarborough’s coastline, with its marsh, fresh water streams, saltwater rivers, beaches and rocky ledges, has been a site for fisheries, clam…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… when winter fishing or fishing in very deep water, one line had two traps (doubles); but most of the time only single traps were on a rope and buoy…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… roads, railroad bridges and tide gates, ocean water overflowed the marsh at high tide. Boats were able to sail up the Scarborough River and over…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… was simply referred to the Commission of Interior Waters. The petition merely showed that a rift existed and that diking caused a negative impact…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… movement, the tide sweeps nutrient-rich water into the ocean and feeds offshore fish and their young."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Water had breached the breakwater at Richmond Island and the Fannie and Edith drifted westward toward Prouts Neck."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… is Jane’s Spring, a never-failing spring of pure water. Jane survived her family; and even through the Indian hostilities, she quietly remained in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… capable of bearing eggs) are returned to the water. The trap is re-baited and reset until the next haul."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… because the ink consisted of only ink powder and water mixed together, while in the country, it was made of lampblack or tannic acid from oak trees…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"Even when cotton manufacturing became scarce, they worked on army tents, wagon covers, heavy drills, and jeans for military use."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… up and onto the platform and shove it on to the wagon. You wanted solid, clean ice, you know, without snow..” Ice Table frozen in…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… up and onto the platform and shove it on to the wagon. You wanted solid, clean ice, you know, without snow."

Blue Hill Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"When the farmers drove their wagons to Society meetings, they brought their prize horse, cow, sheep and perhaps a pig to show off to the other…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… the lives lived above these cellar holes, or the wagons that dug these ruts. The team members of the Western Foothills History Project fall…"

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…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Imagine a wagon ride during the mid 1700s from the small settlement of ancient North Yarmouth's coastal village of Yarmouth to the early inland…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Palmer moved to Ohio, to pursue the wagon and carriage business, until his death in July of 1915. Born in Bath in 1836 to Asa Palmer and Maria…"

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…"

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… to connect Elm Street, and to traverse the waters of Water Street. Throughout the nineteenth century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in…"

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…"