Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"… This process was done during the spring because glue could not be made in hot weather, nor a large quantity in the winter on account of it drying."

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

"During mud season the school had to be closed until the roads were dry enough to travel on. I'm sure that there were other teachers that taught at…"

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

"Winter Carnival arrivals, New Sweden, 1936New Sweden Historical Society Railroad Station, Stockholm, ca."

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

"In the winter snow was brought in to cover the floor on one side to help the sliding. This was called “snowing the bridge.” The old bridge was closed…"

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

"… our communities isolated especially during the winter months. Horse-drawn carriages and wagons were fundamental to our farms; they were an…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… was difficult at all times but especially in winter on roads built and maintained by each landowner who built permanent gates across their part of…"

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

"… the following year, the boys having survived the winter on cow’s milk, hulled corn, boiled wheat, and roasted potatoes. In September of 1806 Mrs."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… affair through above-ground pipes; in the winter one needed to fetch fresh water by taking buckets down to the brook next to the house and there…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"When it was winter, the year round loggers chopped down trees. They worked in crews with four or five men."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"He lived on a farm on Roxbury Road in Mexico. John joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 1943 after graduating from Mexico High School."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… the river was low in summer and on the ice in winter. In 1901 the Red Bridge was built near this location."

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"In the winters of 1824-1826, Jeremy taught the first school in the area. He had to ride to school on horseback and his home was 6 miles away from the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Ski Club, founded in the early 1920s, offered winter Nordic and Cross Country skiing, and hosted an annual winter carnival, first at its ski jump…"

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

"Sometime in the winter of 1841 the cables came to Bath, Maine. That spring they were loaded on a schooner for Hallowell. Col."

Otisfield Historical Society

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

"… usually about eight weeks in spring and eight in winter -- four months in all. Kids began at age six or seven, and it was common for someone to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"Cranberry Lodge (Formerly Harbor Cottage) Northeast Harbor Maine, Winter 2009Northeast Harbor Library The Old Ell is Born..."

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

"The motivation of men who came from established towns with roads and shops to a densely forested coastline with no roads and no people was perhaps…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"In the winter of 1966, the Bee Block, the Bain Building and the Pastime Theater burned to the ground."

Bangor Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… and turnips to get them through the first winter. The Sandy River provided great amounts of salmon, which was smoked and stored for later use."

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

"In the 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."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"In winter, they might go north to cut wood. Early settlers of Blue Hill were forced to be resourceful in order to survive."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… that has plexiglass panels that are put up in the winter. One guest, who used to live in the house, came back for a stay and wound up taking a…"