Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"Farm. Yard with horses, wagons, milk cans-needed) and brought new business to Lowell’s Store. Croswell's Store c."

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"Ben’s family probably drank a lot of milk in their days so it was good to have cattle to provide milk for them."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… the boys having survived the winter on cow’s milk, hulled corn, boiled wheat, and roasted potatoes. In September of 1806 Mrs. Robert Herring Jr."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… journals, invented a device that sterilized milk, and was one of the first female doctors to practice her work on the West Coast of the U.S."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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