Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm In Hallowell

"… together to help each other survive the harsh, cold weather. Oh what a sight. With the red cross helping tonight Everyone wanted to help keep alive…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"The weather is quite cold here, I was on picket last night and like to frose, although I had 2 Woolen Blankett and A good overcoat."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… would wear pants and long sleeved shirts for the cold weather. The paper industry relied on the logging industry because they used trees to make…"

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."

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 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…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Port Hudson, Irish Bend, Fredericksburg, and Cold Harbor among others. Bangor sailors also saw action even aboard the famous ironclad, the U.S."

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…"

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…"

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."

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…"

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."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Because it was just dark and it was cold. There weren’t restaurants to go to, there just weren’t places to go, so you spent a lot more time with your…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"I was cold and my back hurt. We had been working nonstop. I heard that 12-15 generators had been from Bell Atlantic."

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."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… stuff a foot, leaving the streets ankle deep in cold water. Bogett's or Bogart's Hill, Lubec, 1934Lubec Historical Society An unnamed…"

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

"… of that year the cables were strung, and before cold weather the bridge was nearly complete. Work was suspended during the winter but early in the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… on Mount Desert Island can be traced to a clear, cold night in March 1880, when Harvard student Charles Eliot gathered six of his friends together…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Most men would go through a lot of cold weather to shoot a good size buck. Deer hunting has always been a big part of Maine."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The history books say the cold weather was most likely caused by the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia during April of 1815."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… weather was mild for it was August and not bitter cold and snow that had hindered their previous attempts."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… of course they must go the whole figure if it was cold weather – they returned in ten days and commenced housekeeping immediately, as they…"

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

"… porch, taking the cat into bed to keep warm on a cold winter’s night, facing tax and doctor bills, trying to find credit from the stressed local…"