Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Our island movie In the winter of 1775, General Benedict Arnold led his revolutionary army up the Kennebec River to Quebec City."

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."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… We must get out as much wood of our own this winter as possible, and as many teams are to be hired as can be, and employed in hauling kiln-wood to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… to accommodate 20 men---and such as we had for winter quarters, I and it is rumored that we are about to have them too, and if that is the case you…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

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

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…"

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."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… in the summer, and a sled they could use in the winter. Every year after the station was built they raised more money to put more pipes and…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… Betsey Moore and the second session met in the winter under the tutelage of Mr. Robert Low Jr. This arrangement lasted only a short time as town…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"In the winter of 1825-26, Ira and his crew put 5,000,000 feet of pine logs in the water. That is enough to run the mill for three to four years."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The winter is freezing cold and there is no cover that goes over the boat to keep the breeze of off us."

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…"

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…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… Marshview Restaurant while it was closed for the winter, as it was the only place that could be found at the time. Dr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Occasionally, when winter fishing or fishing in very deep water, one line had two traps (doubles); but most of the time only single traps were on a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"In the winter the building was often so cold that only a small area near the register was barely comfortable."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"In some of the coldest winters, the Sunbeam was the islander’s only option for reaching the mainland over icy waters."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"The next winter he went with a crew of men to work at a location twelve miles into the woods from the nearest dwelling."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"South Rumford had the Thurston’s or “winter" School on the shore of the Androscoggin River near the Aaron Graham/Bartlett/Welch farm, which the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… the time, first came to Rumford’s Falls on a cold winter day, the region was largely an agrarian society."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"This fire occurred on a severely cold winter night, and firemen were hampered by ice forming on their clothing, causing seven of them to be injured…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… Mary Gemma Connelly who helped him buckle his winter boots that year for outdoor recess. Class sizes, Burr remembered, were “sixty students to a…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"During the winter of 1797, residents from across Maine sent petitions to the General Court in Massachusetts demanding a vote on separation."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… young boys aged 12 and 16 remained all of that winter alone in the small dwelling. They trapped and hunted in order to survive and were much…"