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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"After spring, the ice was shipped in sawdust to the south, Central America. Ice was even shipped away to countries like Cuba and the West Indies."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"After spring, the ice was shipped in sawdust to the south, Central America. Ice was even shipped away to countries like Cuba and the West Indies."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… European settlement at Blue Hill began in the spring of 1762 when Joseph Wood and John Roundy sailed "downeast" from the Boston colony to a…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… place) in what is today Fort Point in Stockton Springs. The entire region was quickly taken with a force of 4 companies of 100 men each, who were…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… Chorale performs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the winter. 1980-2000: The Bagaduce Music Lending Library: It started in 1983 as a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"It is estimated as of spring 2009 that the church will require a 1.8 million dollar repair for it to be functional."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… in March of 1803, and was finished that same spring; the doors were opened to students in November."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… her cottage was and further beyond is Jane’s Spring, a never-failing spring of pure water. Jane survived her family; and even through the Indian…"

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

"Vessels fit out in early spring, fished for mackerel in southern waters, and returned around the first of July."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin in Spanish cloak, Bangor, 1846

"… was a very appropriate garment for me." In the spring of 1846, he bought the stove pipe hat, which had just come into fashion."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"… 1864 about his life and experiences, recalled the spring the year of 1832 or 1833 being early and described and drew this illustration of the fish…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… Wharf, Fort Pownal, Fort Point Light in Stockton Springs, and a picnic that he and his wife and children had."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… and 5 feet 1/2 inch to the lower branches. In the spring of 1866 the was no part of it larger than my finger but during the season it thickened up…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"21. No. 4. Spring, 1982 Hodgdon, Frank. “Scarborough the Way It Was.” The Current, 18 November 2004 Karr, Paul, and Jeff Clark."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5

"She never went back to graduate. In the spring, my grandmother, with other women and children would cut the seed potatoes in the potato house."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Participated in the Battle of Sulphur Springs August 1863. § Confined in Armory Square Hospital from December 1863 to April 1864."

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

"By the spring of 1912, an automobile craze had hit the state and the number of cars in Maine had quadrupled."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"The Sisters opened the McAuley Residence at 194 Spring Street in March 1988 in a building loaned by the hospital."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… Weston's Ox TeamHubbard Free Library “In the spring when people couldn’t store their food in the cellar any longer without it going bad we would…"

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

"You couldn’t do that with a truck! In the spring when people couldn’t store their food in the cellar any longer without it going bad we would start…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"Trunk, New Sweden, 1860New Sweden Historical Society The spring of 1871 saw a tremendous influx of Swedish immigrants as the result of an aggressive…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"Williams was hired as principal. In the spring of 1890 the first class graduated from North New Portland High School."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… all nine of Maine's senators elected that spring were separationists. With this incredible momentum, by May 1819 the question of separation went…"