Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"The water was freezing cold most of the time, so when the workers fell in they were unable to swim. Mosquitoes, black flies, leeches, and moose flies…"

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

"… stuff a foot, leaving the streets ankle deep in cold water. Bogett's or Bogart's Hill, Lubec, 1934Lubec Historical Society An unnamed…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"… by ship where they could use it to keep things cold, so produce, meats, and dairy goods would stay fresh longer."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"B.; she died at one. I arranged the clay cold form and laid down and then came home to get some articles to make a mantle robe."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… setting where people can picnic and enjoy the cold water of the Carrabassett River and take in the splendor of the old bridge."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… up out of a comfortable bed and struggle up on a cold, wet, cheerless deck to handle cold, wet lines and colder, wetter fish, all for the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The following winter of 1817 was bitter cold, testing even the most hearty of folks. The history books say the cold weather was most likely caused by…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Because it was just dark and it was cold. There weren’t restaurants to go to, there just weren’t places to go, so you spent a lot more time with your…"

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

"… on Mount Desert Island can be traced to a clear, cold night in March 1880, when Harvard student Charles Eliot gathered six of his friends together…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"I was cold and my back hurt. We had been working nonstop. I heard that 12-15 generators had been from Bell Atlantic."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… would wear pants and long sleeved shirts for the cold weather. The paper industry relied on the logging industry because they used trees to make…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… killed, and food and supplies were lost in the cold, icy river. Just recently a new park was built on the island to commemorate Benedict Arnold's…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"The weather is quite cold here, I was on picket last night and like to frose, although I had 2 Woolen Blankett and A good overcoat."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The winter is freezing cold and there is no cover that goes over the boat to keep the breeze of off us."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"… horses so the horses wouldn’t have to stay in the cold. The Lincoln House was four stories; two were made of bricks, and the other two were made of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… for enemy aircraft and then again during the Cold War of the 1950s. The organization disbanded by 1959 when advanced radar systems made the Ground…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Most men would go through a lot of cold weather to shoot a good size buck. Deer hunting has always been a big part of Maine."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"In the winter the building was often so cold that only a small area near the register was barely comfortable."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… of the time, first came to Rumford’s Falls on a cold winter day, the region was largely an agrarian society."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… on the Hill." The grass was hardly growing in the cold, spring air. Practically every child in town was there as they sang "In the Garden" and "The…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"This fire occurred on a severely cold winter night, and firemen were hampered by ice forming on their clothing, causing seven of them to be injured…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… weather was mild for it was August and not bitter cold and snow that had hindered their previous attempts."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… normal come during new moons, as occurred on a cold Monday, October 29, 1961, the day following the photo below left."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… winter hunting became less popular because of the coldness. They didn’t want to hunt because they would be out 12, maybe 14, hours a day."