Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… drive to Brunswick and we went to a store called Service Merchandise and we bought the last one. Now Brunswick had not lost its power, so that was…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… the president of B.I.W., gave the station a weather vane depicting a destroyer at the start of World War II."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"… summer and fall of 1849, due to severe changes of weather, the inmates suffered much sickness and mortality from dysentery and typhoid."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"In good weather, most church-goers to the eastward would row to Southwest for the Congregational Church."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… SnowNorth Yarmouth Historical Society Maine Weather: Don’t like it? Just wait a minute Climate trends, including a “Little Ice Age,” a…"

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

"… set strings of traps that were checked, as weather permitted, on a daily basis. Occasionally, when winter fishing or fishing in very deep water…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

"So around 1740, the upper King’s Highway was built further inland as part of a plan to improve postal service, and the coastal King’s Highway was not…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Some 56 inches of snow had fallen. Cold weather had prevailed and everybody had decided that a solid winter had set in."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… pioneer spirit has helped the citizens of Lincoln weather fires and floods, economic disasters, and the losses and changes that come to any town as…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"During the battle at Deep Bottom, in hot, humid weather of more than 90 degrees, Confederate forces attacked the 11th Maine at an earthworks that the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… followed established ruts, and after rain or bad weather the low, flat area that is now wide field was mired in mud."

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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