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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"Ice Storm Day 1 Ice Storm, Academy Street, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library On Day 1 the storm had began, with a force of a hurricane on…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… who came from over the sea to make his home in Hallowell? Johnny Stringer lived in a little house up on Academy Hill where he earned his living by…"

Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script

"I RAN OUT INTO THE STEET IN HALLOWELL, AND AS I REMEBER, IT WAS AN ONE WAY STREET. FROM THERE I SAW ROOFS BEING THROWN AROUND AND I SAW MR."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"In Hallowell the Moore family operated and ice business for several generations. The icehouse was behind the family home."

Historic Hallowell - Affects of the Blizzard of 1952

"It was tragic for Hallowell, but they got through it when the snow melted, even though they were still scarred from people dying and things being…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"Johnson House, Summer Street, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library The people behind one of the leading factories in Hallowell were twin brothers…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Cascade Pond drained for cleanup, Hallowell, ca. 1931Hubbard Free Library We would deliver to the Worster House and the markets."

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"Day 3 Ice Storm, Second Street, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library On the third day of the ice storm there was a break in the storm."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… Interviews Ice Storm, Wingate Residence, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library Clio Barr's Interview of Wendy Wingate about the Ice Storm of…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"… we're ready." I said, “Honey go back to the house. I'm staying here and I'm going to finish what I've started”."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"The trees, cars, houses and body’s of water covered with ice. Below freezing, people gathered to friends houses or the shelters that were provided…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… that he was afraid to go near the windows in his house because of fear that tree limbs were going to crash through the windows."

Historic Hallowell - Ice; The Ice Storm of 1998; Ice Storm '98

"Ice Storm '98 Written by Amber Bell Houses were covered in ice Freezing rain falls and falls again The storm continues Everything is frozen Trees…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"On July 17, 1904, the Hallowell Granite Company installed the Replica of the Gettysburg’s 16th Maine Infantry Monument."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… originally received, and when it came before the house, Thomas was on the council, along with his father and uncle."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"… used to argue that an absence of English-style houses and agriculture in an area meant an absence of any legal ownership."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus Annals of Warren Masters and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus Annals of Warren Masters and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus Annals of Warren Masters and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus Annals of Warren Masters and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"After graduating from Hallowell Academy, Jacob attended Bowdoin College. While at Bowdoin, he added the second T to the end of his name to avoid…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"The party canoed up the Kennebec River as far as Hallowell, which was known as Bombahook at that time."