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Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 1 of 3

"When they saw people playing and rolling around in the cold powder, my parents thought they were absolutely crazy."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - SEE NOTES Ladies Third Annual Banquet. Farmington, Maine. 1893. Menu.

"The cold February night was no deterrence for the gala as 130 persons attended. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm In Hallowell

"Cold and me don’t mix so well. Enduring blistering winds and never-ending power outages. See what I mean? Tree branches are snapping, and ice is…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"… interested in lumbering and owned the mills at Cold Stream (Hubbard's Mills). He was a Justice of the Peace, a Selectman, the Deputy Sheriff in…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"… cut ice off of the Kennebec River, during the cold winter seasons when the ice was very solid. It was always a risk, considering moving currents…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"Terrible! Cold in the winter and cold and wet in the summer. Horrible. I can remember my father in the winter staring the kitchen window at the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"The water of Porter Lake is cold. The cold water is good for game fish. The lake trout like the rocky shoreline."

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"… lines, fixing the poles, and toughing out the cold. They worked their hardest without a break. As soon as one line was fixed another fell down and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"The water was cold. She usually started this in the morning because the clothes took all day to dry."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"… always had a pot of soup ready in case it was cold outside. In high school, there were meals already prepared."

L.L. Bean Corporate Archives

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"There would be dips in the very cold water, but much of the time was spent playing in the sand. Most of Swan's Island shoreline is rocky, but there…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"He sold candy on the streets. In cold weather, he visited John Martin's store on Center Street and asked for work."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… have been a lot of grumpy people out there in the cold icy winter. This terrible beauty helped everyone move through eight days of terrible."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"… County because of the temperatures changing from cold to hot so drastically. Because of this, people would have to get new seats about every year."

Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum

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

"Terrible! Cold in the winter and cold and wet in the summer. Horrible. I can remember my father in the winter staring the kitchen window at the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"At the age of 29, he settled by Cold Stream in Enfield, Maine. His father, Jonathan Clay, was a veteran of the War of 1812."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… to the threat of nuclear holocaust during the Cold War, the Surry Opera Company continued through the 1990s bringing together people from across…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"A cold front brought a wind shift, and gales drove the fire toward Bar Harbor, where it burned almost the whole village."

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

"§ Participated in the Battle of Cold Harbor June 3, 1864. § Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel June 7, 1864."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… 1882 that he visited Rumford in a sleigh, on a cold winter’s day. He saw the potential of a commercial venture when he viewed the power and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… was overheating in the summer and it was very cold in the winter. Throughout the war overcrowding, disease, and hunger plagued the prisoners."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"As more and more rain fell, the cold temperatures turned it into ice, making it heavier. The storm to the state of Maine by surprise."