Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"Winter or Summer you can always enjoy the view. The covered bridge was built for the first time in 1830."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… 30 miles on a clear summer day; but in stormy winter or foggy spring weather, he could ride only a few miles a day."

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

"… surviving on the island’s resources through long winters with only the occasional sailboat connecting them to the larger world."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… as new-world stories born from 400 years of hard winters on the North Atlantic coast. All are written in the French patois (dialect) of my…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"Skiers and campers pass through our village in winter and summer. The North Village is a great place to live, the people are great and always willing…"

Bangor Public Library

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The first winter in the settlement, while waiting for his family to arrive, Stephen Titcomb tapped trees and began making maple syrup."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… these farmers also worked as lumbermen during the winter months. By producing goods for the lumber industry, farmers did not have to worry about…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"In the winter of 1915-1916, she participated in the Henry Ford Peace Expedition along with many other women."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Despite the cold winters, there was only one furnace per schoolhouse, and these furnaces would only heat a few square feet of classroom."