Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… Waldo Street Fire slide show The Waldo Street Fire was, and still is, Rumford’s most serious fire."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"She wrote an article about the fire after her investigation into the fire. That article launched Mary's literary career."

Life on a Tidal River - Doughty Students

"Bill Cook. X Students scan images during a winter break work session at the Bangor Public Library."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… to accommodate 20 men---and such as we had for winter quarters, I and it is rumored that we are about to have them too, and if that is the case you…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… in the summer and it was very cold in the winter. Throughout the war overcrowding, disease, and hunger plagued the prisoners."

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

"… Elizabeth Clapp Porter in 1851, they stayed for a winter before moving into their own Portland home, which was on Highland Street."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"In 1718 the area of west Saco and Winter Harbor became a separate town with the name of Biddeford, after the town in Devon, England."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"Before the snows of the following winter fell, these energetic first settlers had hewn timber, procured boards and planks from the mill at Cobbossee…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"During the winter they visited the Maine State Museum and the Archives to further their understanding of how history is saved and recorded."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… a lot of grumpy people out there in the cold icy winter. This terrible beauty helped everyone move through eight days of terrible."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"In the winter of 1966, the Bee Block, the Bain Building and the Pastime Theater burned to the ground."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"… Smoke and Soot Aftermath of Harmon's Corner Fire, 1911McArthur Public Library Headline about the fire which consumed Biddeford's City…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"Employed fire departments keep their fire fighters all year round. Volunteer fire departments don’t operate the same way."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Townspeople and players would journey in mid-winter weather from Southwest Harbor to Northeast Harbor to see the Pemetic Indians take on Gilman at…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"During winter months these same men often outfitted their boats for dragging hen (sea) clams, scallops or shrimp."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… Marshview Restaurant while it was closed for the winter, as it was the only place that could be found at the time. Dr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Fall and spring it traveled on wheels and in the winter on runners.The number of school children riding school buses in Scarborough has risen…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXHIBITS

"… introduction to Biddeford and Saco's tumultuous fire history. By Dean Thomas Smalley, University of New England SHIPBUILDING IN BIDDEFORD…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Because of the warm winter, Massachusetts and New York had to buy their ice from Maine. The ice cutting industries in Hallowell Maine were used to…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"Terrible! Cold in the winter and cold and wet in the summer. Horrible. I can remember my father in the winter staring the kitchen window at the…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"There were some winter obstacles involved getting cotton to the mill, such as ice on the river, making it hard to get the cotton delivered."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"… Saco were running on Tuesday, and 100 guns were fired in honor of the fall of Richmond. In Saco in the evening the Town Hall was thrown open, which…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… popular, but they could not drive them in the winter and spring. Because the snow covered the roads, and in the spring, the car would ruin the road…"

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"… This process was done during the spring because glue could not be made in hot weather, nor a large quantity in the winter on account of it drying."