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Text		Page from Wangan Book of Old Town, Maine Fogler Special Collections, Text Page from Wangan Book of Old Town, Maine, detailing foodstuffs bought for men at booms or in lumber camps. A wangan was a place where supplies were stored in Maine lumber camps. In this case, the book seems to record supplies bought by the company in order to feed the men. (Relevance: 195) Find Similar Resources	Food Lumbering Lumbering Lumbering Equipment and supplies Quality of work life

Moving Image		A Part of the Main MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:01 As Europeans began to look seriously towards Maine as a desirable economic region, there were many debates about who owned or controlled the varied and plentiful natural resources, especially timber. In the mid-1800’s, the timber harvest from the communities in the far north woods traveled via the river communities to the prosperous coast where the wealth of natural resources set sail for the world beyond. Today, these distinct regions remain intact, each with a different story to tell about how history has played itself out since that time. (Relevance: 191) Find Similar Resources	Natural resources Settlements Lumbering Shipping/Shipbuilding

Artifact		Gatling Gun Maine State Museum, Artifact 10-barrel Gatling in .45 cal. with patented gravity feed clip magazine. Elements of carriage and mount are evidently not original. (Ammunition boxes, e.g., appear designed for use with .37mm. ammunition.) MARKS(contd):/to top of receiver U.S./WATERVLIET/ ARSENAL. also marked: U.S. SPRINGFIELD ARMORY. Indian Wars (use context), Spanish American War (use context) MA, Springfield (where made)numerous other marks (see card in document file) (Relevance: 191) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans War Related (Indian Wars) Firearms

Moving Image		Naturalist Films Tape 3 Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image, 00:35:55 Third of 3 videotapes containing footage originally shot on 16mm film. Features footage of humming birds and eggs on forest floor, other hatched chicks, bird feeding chicks in nest, and many shots of different types of nesting birds. Tour of Acadia National Park with Ranger and scenes of the coast. Also includes footage of Baxter State Park and Mount Katahdin with mountaintops covered in clouds, and hikers. (Relevance: 189) Find Similar Resources	Handicraft Outdoor Life Sea Birds Fishing/Fisherman Maritime/Waterfront Recreation/Tourism

Moving Image		Naturalist Films Tape 1 Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image First of 3 videotapes containing footage originally shot on 16mm film. Features Mountain climbing classes, birds nesting and feeding, sightseeing boat tour, winter coastal scenes, guided hikes. Also numerous scenes at sea including lighthouses, swimming, and island views. Scenes at Acadia National Park include Thunder Hole, and numerous birds and flowers. Sailboat racing and woman water skiing, men and women rock climbing with ropes, view from summit. Views of Cadillac Mountain, mountain reflected in lake, sunset. (Relevance: 184) Find Similar Resources	Handicraft Outdoor Life Sea Birds Fishing/Fisherman Maritime/Waterfront Recreation/Tourism

Moving Image		Agricultural Institutions-The Grange MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:02:34 To bring information better to farmers, the agricultural newspaper, the Maine Farmer was launched in 1833, and the Maine Board of Agriculture and the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanical Arts were established. In 1873, the Maine State Grange formed in Lewiston and acted almost as a union for farmers. (Relevance: 180) Find Similar Resources	Farming/Agriculture Maine Department of Agriculture Maine State Grange University of Maine at Orono

Text		Passamaquoddy Indian Agent Report Maine State Archives, Text Report on the Pleasant Point reservation discussing the school, farming and the outbreak of smallpox. (Relevance: 153) Find Similar Resources	Indians of North America Education External Forces: economic, demographic, technology, disease, wars Indians -- cultural relationships, traditions, adaptations Indians -- Education Smallpox Native Americans

Text		An Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary Science, Text A glossary of agricultural and environmental biotechnology terms. (Relevance: 151) Find Similar Resources	Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Farming/Agriculture Agricultural biotechnology--Dictionary

Dataset		Agricultural Statistics Science, Dataset A reference book on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns. (Relevance: 124) Find Similar Resources	Agricultural Statistics Farming/Agriculture

Still Image		Building Miss Damon's Wall Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Photograph of a group of men, most posed, two working. "Building Miss Damon's Wall." Although this particular wall is probably ornamental, walls like it were important to the development of agriculture in Maine. (Relevance: 123) Find Similar Resources	Agriculture Farming/Agriculture Stone walls Stonemasonry

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