Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… such as cloth, wine, sugar loaves, molasses, rum, shoes, tools, different types of food that they did not already have, and sometimes ships brought…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The shoes that loggers wore had spikes on them to keep them balanced on the logs. Also, loggers used an axe called the double bit axe that was very…"

Historic Hallowell - The Blizzard - Works Cited

"… Pictorial Record Shows Problems Posed By Heavy Snow.” Lewiston Journal 23 Feb. 1952: N. pag. Remal Gary."

Historic Hallowell - Blizzard Poems

"… 1952 dangerous outcomes galore overwhelming white Snow unexpected depth 28 inches of white unforgettable Surprise disaster warning last minute…"

Historic Hallowell - Affects of the Blizzard of 1952

"It was tragic for Hallowell, but they got through it when the snow melted, even though they were still scarred from people dying and things being…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"Near the beginning of the storm, snow plows were able to clear the roads. Eventually neither cars nor the plows could even drive through it."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm In Hallowell

"… tonight Everyone wanted to help keep alive those who yelp. Loving and caring for those they don’t know. Living today, still bearing the snow."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"You wanted solid, clean ice, you know, without snow..” Ice Table frozen in place.Hubbard Free Library “It was a tough time then."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Steamer, Lizzie M. Snow, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1905Hubbard Free Library They were popular in North America, and in their heyday during the…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"Before the snows of the following winter fell, these energetic first settlers had hewn timber, procured boards and planks from the mill at Cobbossee…"

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"… but some of the state still had freezing rain and snow. That is what happened on days 6-7 Written by Amber Bell Ice Storm, Academy Street…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… February 15, 2008, Maine flood fears rise, as snow piles up, http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2008-02-15-maine-flooding_N.htm USGS…"

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

"You wanted solid, clean ice, you know, without snow. Ice Table frozen in place.Hubbard Free Library Cutting ice on Cascade Pond.Hubbard…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"Along with the changing pressures, snow, rain, and ice piled over the community. As more and more rain fell, the cold temperatures turned it into…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice was cut by hand. After the snow was scraped from the area, the ice was plowed out. The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice was cut by hand. After the snow was scraped from the area, the ice was plowed out. The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"… February 15, 2008, Maine flood fears rise, as snow piles up, http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2008-02-15-maine-flooding_N.htm USGS…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"As spring came and as the snow melted there were just branches everywhere, just all over as a result of the Ice Storm."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"… States and my parents couldn’t afford to buy shoes, so walking made their feet bleed and dirty."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… emerging by the close of the 19th century were shoes, paper and wool. Manufacturing remained the base of economic growth in Skowhegan up until the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… by-laws and minutes, outline contributions of shoes or household items to less fortunate families."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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