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Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 3 of 3

"… Adventures in Aroostook County"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Birds Eye mobil combine, Aroostook County, ca. 1960

"Birds Eye mobil combine, Aroostook County, ca. 1960 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description A Birdseye mobil combine for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975

"In the 1970s, potato farmers in Aroostook County grew sugar beets as a rotation crop with potatoes. While a promising concept, scheduling problems…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"All would-be competitors’ plans had to be approved by the B & A. The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad did view the Aroostook Valley Railroad as a threat…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"… Isle in 1894 with a direct route from Bangor to Aroostook County. This station site used to be the Phair Hotel owned by James Phair."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style Text by Ben, a Presque Isle Middle School student Images from the Presque Isle Historical Society…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"Adventures in Aroostook County X Text by Mary, a Presque Isle Middle School student Photos from the Jeremiah, the interviewee Jeremiah grew up…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style Presque Isle Historical Society Sadie took the clothes and hung them on a line outside."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"Adventures in Aroostook County X After high school, he was drafted into the army as a medical officer."

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"The entire “war” took place in what is now Aroostook county and New Brunswick. When the Governor called upon the state to organize its local…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Main Street, Presque Isle, ca. 1895

"1895 Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Description View of Main Street in Presque Isle."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"1900Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum PIONEERING DAYS Hand Digger Dennis Harris, Treasurer of the Caribou Historical Society, demonstrates…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891

"… the big trout, Mill Site, 1891 Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Description Camp on the "Mill Site" on a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation

"… to the development and growth of Presque Isle and Aroostook County. At first, the only way into the area was to travel through New Brunswick via…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Free Baptist Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"source: "Art Work of Aroostook County, Maine," v. 8, W. H. Parish Publishing Co., Chicago, 1895. View additional information about this item on the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"The Aroostook State Normal School grew into the University of Maine at Presque Isle attracting students from all over the state, region, country and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"Edwena has lived in The County all her life. She started work in the potato fields when she was about seven or eight years old."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"… Isle Historical Society X X In 1870, Aroostook County had no railways. The primary transportation was by horse and wagon."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato import protest, Presque Isle, 1982

"… to imported Canadian potatoes, a group of Aroostook County potato farmers filled the parking lot of the Presque Isle Agricultural Center on…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"… was the first foreign made car to be sold in Aroostook County. Citroens came from France so they had to be shipped overseas."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"… when farms became more automated, farmers in Aroostook County used barrels to move potatoes from the field to storage."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… any band of Indians had ever been indigenous to Aroostook County, except perhaps after 1790 when white settlers along southern Maine (then part of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"Eleven years later, in 1986, the Aroostook County Federal Savings and Loan Association purchased the land and built their own building on the site."