{"product_id":"communities-of-western-aroostook-county-9781531631314","title":"Communities of Western Aroostook County","description":"The beauty and strength of the landscape of \u003cbr\u003enorthwestern Maine is reflected in the people who \u003cbr\u003ehave lived here since the area was first settled in the \u003cbr\u003emid-nineteenth century. Arriving from as far away as \u003cbr\u003eSweden and as near as the next village, the first pioneers \u003cbr\u003etransformed a hard and often unforgiving land known \u003cbr\u003eas \"the last frontier\" into settlements, farms, and homes. \u003cbr\u003eThese settlements are still with us today: Ashland, Castle \u003cbr\u003eHill, Crouseville, Mapleton, Masardis, Oxbow, Perham, \u003cbr\u003ePortage, Sheridan, Wade, Washburn, and Woodland.The settlers and their descendants earned a reputation for honesty, thrift, dependability, tenacity, and hard work which spread far beyond Western Aroostook County itself. Over two hundred vivid photographs show the way life used to be. We meet loggers and farmers, hunters and guides, and innkeepers and blacksmiths, while also getting a glimpse into the daily lives of the rich variety of people that make the western area of Aroostook County so unique. Whether pictured bustling down Main Street, enjoying Christmas sleigh rides, mourning a departed relative, hauling logs, or tending the farm, our forebears reach out to us across the decades in this fascinating book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531631314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Jackie Greaves, Christie Cochran","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38021888442549,"sku":"9781531631314","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bbae1be5-e196-4a91-8b5b-590140d6d3f5.jpg?v=1609179937","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/communities-of-western-aroostook-county-9781531631314","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}