Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"He approached the group that controlled the Aroostook Falls in New Brunswick. There was a special law on the books of the State of Maine entitled “an…"

Island Falls Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"“Aroostook" is a mangled version of Wolastuq, the original name for the St. John River. The families would disperse broadly through the late summer…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad saw this as a threat to business and expanded their lines through Washburn, Mapleton, Perham, Woodland, New Sweden…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"… from the row, leaving the potatoes (and rocks) to fall off the end. Occasionally, a rock would embed between the lags while the digger is working…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"A quick start could cause man and barrel to fall off the back of the truck. A quick stop could result in a spilled barrel towards the front of the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"In the fall of 1870, settlers sided the houses with planks, hewed the logs flat on the inside and filled the chinks with moss to reduce draughts, and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"When the school was finally finished in the fall of 1920, Mrs. Ella P. Burr led her students from the Primary School up to the newly finished school…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"I could fall off the edge of the boat and drown. It’s scary because there isn’t a lot of room. I can’t stand people pushing and kicking me as they…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… to be skinned, they were skinned in the late fall. There were three kinds of foxes that were on a Gordon fox farm; silver, which was most…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… Lincoln, 1910Lincoln Historical Society In the fall of 1825, the Wendell Brothers from Portsmouth, New Hampshire sent Ira Fish and 17 other men…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… to take a trip to Solomon’s Store?” When the fall comes, the children save up their money from the summer and they go to the Solomon’s Store to buy…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… Used the reverend John Bapst The church will not fall Works Cited Fellows, M.D., Dana W. "A Brief History of the Catholic Church in Lincoln."…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"In the fall, trees are ablaze with a myriad of colors before giving way to winter’s frozen snowmobile trails and ice-fishing huts."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"With the exception of Aroostook County, Maine’s remaining farmers survived by practicing a subsistence strategy that included diverse crop and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"In the 1900’s, Aroostook would take the lead in Maine’s potato production. E.S. Dingley Corn Huskers The corn season lasted only three weeks."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The so called Aroostook War was avoided, however, when Gen. Winfield Scott, President Van Buren's emissary, convinced Governor Fairfield to resolve…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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