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Historic Hallowell - Blizzard Poems

"Blizzard Poems Blizzard 1952 dangerous outcomes galore overwhelming white Snow unexpected depth 28 inches of white unforgettable Surprise disaster…"

Historic Hallowell - Cyclone Poems

"Cyclone Poems Cyclones In 1895 only happened once here in this city Storms The rains are bad but the wind is always the worst umbrellas fall…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"Train Wreck Poem On the tenth of November, 1937 There was a young man named Kevin All at once with a groan Three train cars jumped alone Two cars…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"Hallowell Ice Storm Poem Hallowell Ice Storm Poem By Clio Barr Innocent, raw raindrops were the prelude, landing sneakily on branch and pavement."

Historic Hallowell - The 1998 Ice Storm - Reflections in Poems

"Click the links on the sidebar to the right to get to the many poems written by the Hall-Dale Middle School students."

Historic Hallowell - Poem of the 1896 Flood by William Lewis

"Poem of the 1896 Flood by William Lewis Hallowell Flood of 1896 It was March 3, 1896 and there was a flood Everyone was 10 feet under without any…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903

"This collection, Looking for the Stars and Other Poems, is subtitled "A souvenir of Franklin County." It celebrates local persons and places…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"She started contributing poems to the Atlantic Monthly in 1858. In 1866, she published her second collection, Poems, under the name of "Elizabeth…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… In summary, Rumford poet, Thomas Fallon’s poem “Pennacook Falls”, tells the story of our great Androscoggin, without which there would be no…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"That poem remained by far her best known, even though she published many poems, often in the Atlantic Monthly."

Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"Students scanned and uploaded images, prepared poems, timelines, cartoons, maps, podcasts, and other creative supports."

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"… day, and wrote compositions, essays, reports and poems, performed dialogs, enacted scenes from plays and debated."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 2 of 2

"Young, John. F. The Great Bangor Fire: April 30, 1911. [poem] Broadside. Special Collections, Fogler Library, Univ. of Maine, Orono. Print."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… & wanted me to draw her home in it & write a poem which I did. & In the course of time She made a beautiful hanging ornament of tisue paper of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"and 11:00 p.m. A poem by John McInnis is a graphic description of this historic conflagration. A significant and financially catastrophic fire…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"May in 1894, is shown at right, with the poem, The Happy Hills of Strong, from that book. Next Page (Village Schools) Return to Online Exhibits"

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

"They sang songs, wrote poems, lit firecrackers, pranked one another, and entertained the locals. They played baseball and tug of war, and held…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… town, as Ethel West, a resident of South Rumford whose home was on the bank of the Mt. Zircon Stream, expressed in her poem “A Town in Maine”."

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

"… and win prizes by singing, reading, or reciting poems or other pieces. Schools from Beech Ridge, Oak Hill, and Dunstan participated in the event…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… town's economic downturn best in two verses of a poem he wrote for the 1903 Centennial: Old Surry was blessed by nature/With her harbor, hills and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Raymond C. Rodgers wrote a poem printed in The Trot and Pacer, Christmas 1922 which describes the rivalry between the three pacers."

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