Maine Memory Network

Railroad bridge construction, Fish River, 1902

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: 1902 Media: Photographic print

Fish River Railroad bridge construction, ca. 1902

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1902 Media: Photographic print

Aroostook County Railroads

Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.

Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"Railroad commissioners learned immediately that building a standard gauge railroad would be too costly, so they used a “narrow gauge” system for…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… goods and red tokens were for things like meat, fish, butter, fat, and dairy goods. Rationing Gas The OPA, the Office of Price…"