Keywords: Houlton Fire Department
Item 13891
Houlton Fire Department, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 105202
Fire Department running team, Houlton, ca. 1886
Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: circa 1886 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers
Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.
Exhibit
Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store
"He also opened two other stores, one in Houlton and the other in Danforth. One of Green’s two sons, Eddie, managed the store starting in 1952."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"government sent peacekeeping troops to Houlton and this initiated the building of the military road between Houlton and Bangor—this same road…"
Story
The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea
This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily
