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MF 010 Cowing’s Tavern Collection
Number of
Interviews: 3
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1976
Time period covered: 1900-1950
Principal interviewers: Linda Madden
Finding Aides: brief indexes and partial transcripts
Access Restrictions: none
Description: The collection consists of three interviews
about the history of Cowing’s Tavern in Lisbon Falls, Maine. Also
discussed are the 1901 and 1947 fires; 1936 flood; Saturday night
dances; brickyards; portable saw mills; ice-making; horse racing on
ice; log floating; sleigh bells; snow rollers; and steam fire
engines.
1066 Madden, Linda. Summer 1976. Maine: Lisbon Falls. 33 pp.
Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. & partial trans. Interview with
Walton Smith about the 1901 fire, Cowings Tavern, industries,
brickyards, portable saw mills, old and new homes in Lisbon Falls.
CETA Project. T1076 - T1078
1067 Madden, Linda. Summer 1976. Maine: Lisbon Falls. 31 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. & trans. Interview with Leon Bard
about Cowing’s Tavern burning, horses, ice-making, horse racing on
ice, log floating, snow rollers, sleigh bells, 1936 flood, 1947
fire, Saturday night dances. CETA Project. T1079 - T1080
1068 Madden, Linda. Summer 1976. Maine: Lisbon Falls. 6 pp.
Tape: 3 hrs. w/ brief cat. & partial trans. Interview with
Geraldine Hale about Cowing’s Tavern, trains, Worumbo, saw
mills, 1936 flood, snow roller, steam fire-engine. Booklet, "We
Remember Lisbon Falls." CETA Project. T1081
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