maine grange organization Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/tag/maine-grange-organization/ Maine Local Community Blog Wed, 28 Jan 2015 01:12:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://meinmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-moose-Maine-32x32.png maine grange organization Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/tag/maine-grange-organization/ 32 32 The Grange, Big Part Of Small Town Rural Life. https://meinmaine.com/uncategorized/the-grange-big-part-of-small-town-rural-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-grange-big-part-of-small-town-rural-life Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:24:28 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=10997 Why was the Grange such an important part of small town living in rural areas of this country, around Maine? The Grange movement responsible for free rural mail delivery, lots of other small town contributions. Where the economy was pretty tied to agriculture, mostly local enterprises. The local Grange was a group of farmers working […]

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]]> Granges Were Big, Vibrant In Maine Years Ago. https://meinmaine.com/uncategorized/granges-were-big-vibrant-in-maine-years-ago/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=granges-were-big-vibrant-in-maine-years-ago https://meinmaine.com/uncategorized/granges-were-big-vibrant-in-maine-years-ago/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:26:15 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=918 The local Grange Hall in Maine was an integral part of American’s agricultural lifestyle for much of the 1900’s. Every town had a Grange Hall. . Maine has a state Grange organization. Maine’s first Grange started in 1876. On the Grange national level, there are many chapters around the country still active. I passed the […]

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