Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"This station site used to be the Phair Hotel owned by James Phair. He sold the building and land to the B&A, who later tore down the home for the…"

Allagash Historical Society

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Ellsworth Public Library

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Peru Historical Society

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

"B&A Railroad The B&A Railroad (Bangor and Aroostook Railroad) was built in 1881. Because of the increase of population, railroad workers felt that…"

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

"… Historical Society The Bangor and Aroostook, or B&A, had train stations in New Sweden Station, Jempland, and Stockholm."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"She finished her B.A. from the University of Maine at Orono in 2006. Candi has been active in the Swan's Island Educational Society since 2001 and…"

Lithgow Public Library

"[b]Selected Lithgow Library's images:[/b] A cultural, educational, and recreational focal point for the community, the library offers programming…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"After receiving his B.A. from Harvard in 1941, Tarbell worked for engineering firms in Boston and Bangor before opening his office in Bangor in 1944."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"In effect, the law gave the B & A a monopoly to protect it from competitors. All would-be competitors’ plans had to be approved by the B & A."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"—(LI) (JF) Herrick, R.B. A Century of Shipbuilding in Blue Hill Maine 1792-1892, (Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"1963Guilford Historical Society In 1958, the B & A Railroad discontinued passenger service. Piscataquis area schools formed in the name of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… and where’ in the form of a few paragraphs" B.A. Osborn, 1st Maine Cavalry, ca. 1864Maine Historical Society The Lincoln contribution to the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… (tree committee, Northern Printers) Gus Nadeau (B & A Railroad) Presque Isle Historical Society Frank Hayes, Vaughn Cole, Arthur Bennett…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"The beloved annual fair came to an end when the B & A Railroad ceased. When the rail line was abandoned and the tracks taken up, it removed the…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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