Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"… always had a pot of soup ready in case it was cold outside. In high school, there were meals already prepared."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

""Civil War Alphabetic List of American Battles." American Civil War History Timelines Battle Map Pictures. 13 Apr."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"He developed several systems to store food cold, making him one of Bath's few famous citizens. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1831, Chase…"

Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"… by ship where they could use it to keep things cold, so produce, meats, and dairy goods would stay fresh longer."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… for enemy aircraft and then again during the Cold War of the 1950s. The organization disbanded by 1959 when advanced radar systems made the Ground…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… up out of a comfortable bed and struggle up on a cold, wet, cheerless deck to handle cold, wet lines and colder, wetter fish, all for the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The following winter of 1817 was bitter cold, testing even the most hearty of folks. The history books say the cold weather was most likely caused by…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… setting where people can picnic and enjoy the cold water of the Carrabassett River and take in the splendor of the old bridge."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… in Korea broke out and a new term coined: "The Cold War." The air base was reactivated in the early 1950s and was now called Dow Air Force Base."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… on Mount Desert Island can be traced to a clear, cold night in March 1880, when Harvard student Charles Eliot gathered six of his friends together…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… for the large blocks of ice needed to keep food cold in the days before electricity. An ice house was often located near the sawmill in order to…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… winter hunting became less popular because of the coldness. They didn’t want to hunt because they would be out 12, maybe 14, hours a day."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… porch, taking the cat into bed to keep warm on a cold winter’s night, facing tax and doctor bills, trying to find credit from the stressed local…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Longfellow Era: 1807-1901

"Her constitution was intolerant of Portland's cold and damp air, and the rigors of bearing eight children left her in precarious health."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"16) on the farm known as part of the Cold Spring Ranch. Clark Brook was named for this family. A good brickyard was located near the Clark homestead…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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