Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"… many roads open? A No, many roads were blocked by fallen trees. Q Was it hard to get to mail boxes? A Yes it was there were ice and branches…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"… you hear a loud, cracking noise, a tree limb has fallen. What is happening? One of the biggest storms in the history of Maine."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… skiing and snowmobile trails were destroyed by fallen trees and broken limbs from the trees. Hospitals in Maine said that they were full and over…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… for them so that people could cut down the fallen trees. The ice storm had damaged public utilities, forestry, private property, and industries and…"

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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

"… in the village but in 2010, this number has fallen to just under 50. Northeast Harbor Village Map, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"And we had a couple of trees in our yard that we couldn’t get our cars out of our garage because the trees had fallen across the garage."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"I was driving to work when I saw a lot of fallen trees in the woods and branches on the road. When I got to work everyone was scrambling to get where…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… Revolutionary War who had become an alcoholic and fallen on hard times. His ravaged face could stand for generations of Mainers in similar…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Some 56 inches of snow had fallen. Cold weather had prevailed and everybody had decided that a solid winter had set in."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"While doing this, he noticed sap on a fallen spruce. His father would take the strips of the resin and bring them home for his family and friends to…"

Acadian Archives

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