Keywords: Houlton fire
Item 13891
Houlton Fire Department, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 105287
RCI students and Wording Hall fire, Houlton, 1944
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1944-03-23 Location: Houlton Media: 8 mm film
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
Mainers have been held prisoners in conflicts fought on Maine and American soil and in those fought overseas. In addition, enemy prisoners from several wars have been brought to Maine soil for the duration of the war.
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
Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900
"… United States citizens when they traveled to Houlton in 1875. This undertaking provided a necessary step to New Sweden becoming a “plantation” in…"
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
