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Historical Items

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Item 10362

Water bucket from Hancock Barracks, Houlton ca. 1840

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1840 Location: Houlton Media: Leather

Item 16290

Cary House, Military Street, Houlton, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 108707

Sutler agreement with Shepard Cary, Houlton, 1837

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1837-06-24 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on Paper

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Online Exhibits

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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 - History of Presque Isle

"… issue that finally reached its climax with the “bloodlessAroostook War in 1839. The boundary dispute began with the Treaty of Paris that ended…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"It was a bloodless war because we settled it with a treaty before we actually started fighting. The militia Jacob joined was known as the “A-Company…"