Maine Memory Network

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

"As a result of building the Aroostook railroad, the Aroostook Construction Company was formed. At the time they were just building the railroad."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Train Depot, Presque Isle, ca. 1955

"… Description The north bound Bangor and Aroostook diesel engine #41 stopped at the Presque Isle Depot."

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 - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"… blocks eventually were used to cool Bangor and Aroostook Railroad refrigerator cars for shipping potatoes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Special potato bag, Presque Isle, c. 1950

"1950 Contributed by Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Description 25 pound potato bag, Produce Distributors, Inc."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959

"The Aroostook Trust Company building in the background is at the corner of Main Street and Chapman Road, Presque Isle."

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 - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 11 of 13

"… with Barrel Grapple, Littleton, 1945Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum The two trucks pictured here are restorations of 1940s potato barrel…"

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

"1935Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Edwena, my grandmother, told me about working in the Central Aroostook County potato fields."

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

"SOURCES Richard W. Judd” AROOSTOOK A Century of Logging in Northen Maine” UNIVERSIY OF MAINE PRESS, 1989 Charles Morrow Wilson “Aroostook: Our Last…"

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

"… 30, the tree waits for transfer to the Bangor & Aroostook flatcar. Presque Isle Christmas Tree, Washington, D.C., 1958Presque Isle Historical…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"1935Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum One-row diggers were still used even after tractors were introduced."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Sears and Roebuck Company Building

"Sears moved to the Aroostook Centre Mall in 1993. The building that was Sears and Roebuck is no longer there today."

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

"1950Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Potato picker's tickets, ca. 1910Presque Isle Historical Society Up until the 1970s when farms…"

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 - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"Families from the northern part of Aroostook from the Fort Kent, Madawaska, and Van Buren areas would come to Presque Isle to work in various…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"Victor potato digger, Littleton, c. 1920Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Two horses were necessary to pull these early potato diggers."

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."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle

"Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Description International Fertilizers…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"… Maine Memory Network Successful hunt in the Aroostook Woods, ca. 1900Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Percival Baxter and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… from a new 8-screen movie complex at the Aroostook Centre Mall. Fifteen years later, father and son Arlen and Chris Dow purchased the theater. It…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Braden! Aroostook is with you! CHORUS So you’ll “take the pole” today in your nifty little way, While Aroostook County cheers you “to a man.” With…"