Maine Memory Network

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

"From there County Road went to the meadow onto Eastern Road, part of the Eastern Trail today, then meandered up over Scottow’s Hill and down the…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"1924Swan's Island Historical Society Winters would also be a time to find islanders joining in winter sports of an informal nature."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Summers were spent living alone and winters with relatives in New Hampshire. In 1961, Litchfield celebrated his 90th birthday at his niece’s home in…"

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 3 of 4

"… and leased marsh lots to farmers to raise hay for winter fodder. To increase marsh salt hay production, he initiated one of the first diking…"

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

"Dr. Haigis then moved to a home at Route 1 and Scottow Hill Road where he also had his practice. He was on call seven days a week: house calls were…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Welcome

"… its past, and the lives of those who once called Scarborough home. Sunset on Scarborough Marsh X A Winter View of Scarborough Marsh X"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"During the winter months when there was snow, sleigh cars replaced the horse cars. Some time after Portland became electrified in the 1880s, the…"

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

"Occasionally, when winter fishing or fishing in very deep water, one line had two traps (doubles); but most of the time only single traps were on a…"

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…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"33, no. 4 (Winter 2013), pp. 675-700, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press). See also, Hatch, Maine, 188-202."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"During the winter of 1797, residents from across Maine sent petitions to the General Court in Massachusetts demanding a vote on separation."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The Central Congregational Church merged with the Winter Street Church in 1965 to consolidate the expenses of maintaining two large facilities…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"This new road, later called State Road, entered Bath on building Washington Streets. The resulting congestion led to installation of Bath’s first…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"People went out on the river ice in the winter and cut blocks of ice with large snows. They stored the ice in big barns with hay and sawdust."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"He also designed the Winter Street Church on Washington Street in Bath, five years later, and they looked a lot alike."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… out on one of the coldest nights of the coldest winters, in the boot and shoe store of Samuel Foote on Front Street, north of Merchants' Row."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… in the Saco River with ice cut during the long winter and sent out. During the 1870s the ice trade was very active."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… Historical Society “We are enjoying (?) a winter such as the oldest inhabitant never saw.” So read the January 18 1934 Lubec Herald."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"1910. Winter Carnival arrivals, New Sweden, 1936New Sweden Historical Society The railroads would not only offer a means of transporting…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… vicinity of Walnut Hill and hauled by oxen in the winter down to the Falls, perhaps a distance of five or six miles."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"Because the snow covered the roads, and in the spring, the car would ruin the road because of the mud. According to Sam Webber."

Acadia National Park

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