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Winter Harbor Historical Society
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun
"1924Swan's Island Historical Society Winters would also be a time to find islanders joining in winter sports of an informal nature."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850
"Martin noted that Reuben Bagley built the house in 1836. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"Around 1869 and 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine."
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"Around 1869 and 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine."
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"Cranberry Lodge (Formerly Harbor Cottage) Northeast Harbor Maine, Winter 2009Northeast Harbor Library The Old Ell is Born..."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3
"… back cowl neckline and long sleeves labelled: 'House of Stiles, Yarmouth.' Faux fur jacket, ca."
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford
"… 1673McArthur Public Library The village of Winter Harbor - west Saco was an increasingly dangerous place to live in the 17th and 18th centuries…"
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"During the 1870s the ice trade was very active. Huge ice-storage houses were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138
"… whooping cough, coping with deep snow in the winter, and moving back to Reed Harding's house in 1835."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4
"… more or less – 84 dwelling houses, 12 school houses, 14 meeting houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue hill] and…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast
"… back to Beverly and Andover Massachusetts before winter and came the following year with their families."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848
"… from Castine, about 25, appeared in Bangor in the winter of 1848. Both were "handsome in the extreme" and "were first seen promernading Kenduskeag…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"… standing today, the Swedenborgian Church, the Winter Street Church and the Central Congregational/Chocolate Church, were joined by more elaborate…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block
"He also designed the Winter Street Church on Washington Street in Bath, five years later, and they looked a lot alike."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row
"… out on one of the coldest nights of the coldest winters, in the boot and shoe store of Samuel Foote on Front Street, north of Merchants' Row."
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Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill
"… 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 road trip…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington
"The Central Congregational Church merged with the Winter Street Church in 1965 to consolidate the expenses of maintaining two large facilities…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill
"Despite the cold winters, there was only one furnace per schoolhouse, and these furnaces would only heat a few square feet of classroom."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4
"During winter months these same men often outfitted their boats for dragging hen (sea) clams, scallops or shrimp."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4
"Summers were spent living alone and winters with relatives in New Hampshire. In 1961, Litchfield celebrated his 90th birthday at his niece’s home in…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond
"… seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always allowed to fill with rainwater."
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"… surviving on the island’s resources through long winters with only the occasional sailboat connecting them to the larger world."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4
"… and leased marsh lots to farmers to raise hay for winter fodder. To increase marsh salt hay production, he initiated one of the first diking…"