Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"… the Store owned by Leigh and Wingate who had lost 300 barrels of flour. That was a big devastation to all, especially people who have bought flour…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Hallowell also lost $50,000 more due to the Hallowell transportation train tracks being swept away in rushing waters."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"In the ice storm in Canada they lost their power due to a layer of ice weighing down the power lines. The ice kept coming until the wire snaps."

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"Many Lives can be lost. The people who experienced this cyclone however, were very lucky. There was still lot’s of destruction but they had something…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"All the men that worked for the ice industry lost their jobs. After World War II, the refrigerators were invented which took on the role of storing…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"All the men that worked for the ice industry lost their jobs. After World War II, the refrigerators were invented which took on the role of storing…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"… lines so when we fixed power in one place we lost power in another. When it wasn't the transmission lines, it would be the trees falling on the…"

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

"That way they could collect the tools they lost during the harvesting. You know, they would be cutting and lose a saw or something."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"A family of seven lost there home when a large tree flattened their modest home on Academy Street. News Paper Report At 2:00 PM yesterday morning…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"Though the people may be lost to time, their names live on in fable if not fact. You often hear these names in family stories or local lore, and it…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Now Brunswick had not lost its power, so that was one place that hadn’t been effected; maybe because it was towards the coast and they didn’t get the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"The next year they lost only one regular season game and took the state championship, beating Bar Harbor High by two points in the playoffs along the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… their time and their efforts to rebuild what was lost. The new library was opened in the summer of 2011, and currently hosts many community events."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"Desert show – many were lost at sea. There also were numerous craftsmen who built the necessary provisions needed to survive on this isolated island…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"Main Street lost its luster as restaurants, department stores and professional offices were replaced by second-hand shops, convenience stores or…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"The Panthers ultimately lost to Cony in the first State championship game played at the newly opened Augusta Civic Center."

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

"He had left Scotland at 14 and had lost a thumb in the Battle of Bunker Hill. They built a cabin where the Asticou Inn now stands."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"Flye’s Sandwich Shop were all lost. In 1989, the bicentennial of the town of Mount Desert, Robert R."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… Maine developed in the 40's and 50's Ridlonville lost many businesses to Rumford. Social activities also moved across the river."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"Not all hope was lost, however. The General Assembly responded to some of the grievances published by the assembly, notably alleviating the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Many lives were lost on both sides, and for some time many of the settlers fled south away from the frontier, and most of the remaining natives fled…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… near the flax causing the fire, and they lost everything except a small boat in the river. They were planning to return to Falmouth to start over…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… the regalia of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs were lost. The building, however, was saved. The Opera House was sold in the 1970s and became the site…"