Keywords: winter highway
Item 108703
Chester Nickerson making snow fence, Hodgdon, 1950
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1950-08-23 Location: Hodgdon Media: Photographic print
Item 30965
Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934, 1934
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1934 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
World Alpine Ski Racing in Maine
Sugarloaf -- a small ski area by European standards -- entered ski racing history in 1971 by hosting an event that was part of the World Cup Alpine Ski Championships. The "Tall Timber Classic," as the event was known, had a decidedly Maine flavor.
Exhibit
The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels
Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"… Authority, for the purpose of building a super highway.(8) The first section of highway opened in 1947 between Kittery and Portland."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2
"… way, that state snowplow opened the road, later Highway 189, all the way to Whiting, linking to Highway 1 and ending the storm-imposed isolation."
