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Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1957 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

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Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957

"6, #1, pp. 4-7. Note the Braden Theater and Al's Food Shop on Main Street in Presque Isle. View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Pollock et. al. 1999, Bradley et. Al. 2008. Munsungan Chert fluted spear points at the Bull Brook site."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Bibliography Clark, Marilyn, et.al. City of Presque Isle 125th Historical Booklet 1859-1984. n.p., 1984. Day, Clarence. Farming in Maine, 1860-1940."

My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars