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Historical Items

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Item 9595

Team of trained moose, Caribou, 1942

Team of trained moose, Caribou, 1942

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: 1942 Location: Caribou; Chelmsford Media: Ink on paper

Item 12920

Caribou Amateur Opera Company, 1898

Caribou Amateur Opera Company, 1898

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: 1898-02-10 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Item 19353

Llewellyn Powers home, Houlton, 1895

Llewellyn Powers home, Houlton, 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1895 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Shepard Cary, Houlton, 1805-1866

Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend

Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.

Exhibit

Vice presidential campaign poster, 1968

Presidents and Campaigns

Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.

Exhibit

Ku Klux Klan Constitution cover, 1921

The Nativist Klan

In Maine, like many other states, a newly formed Ku Klux Klan organization began recruiting members in the years just before the United States entered World War I. A message of patriotism and cautions about immigrants and non-Protestants drew many thousands of members into the secret organization in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade, the group was largely gone from Maine.

Site Pages

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Dam across Prestile Stream, Presque Isle, 1910

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921Presque Isle Historical Society Gould’s original plan was to…"

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Nils and Karna Persson, New Sweden, ca. 1890

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"… section that includes an index of the Aroostook Republican from 1887-present, and the Aroostook Republican newspapers."

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Howard House, Bangor, 1869

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… had become a major issue for the newly formed Republican Party. Bangor's own Hannibal Hamlin was the vice presidential candidate along with the…"