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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

"1900Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Percival Baxter and Katahdin, ca. 1962Baxter State Park Del worked for the State of Maine in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… and the line grew to service over 32 miles of the Aroostook County area. The financing of the AVR was done through the issuance of stocks and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… the pole” today in your nifty little way, While Aroostook County cheers you “to a man.” With John Willard on the seat, shake your light and dainty…"

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

"… spent her life in the potato fields in The County. There were good times in the potato fields and there were also bad times, too."

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

"… Station, New Sweden, 1918Nylander Museum In 1858 Aroostook County Maine had a great chance of being the largest state to produce potatoes in the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"… heard of the word “potato” until she moved to the County. My mother and father did have sweet potatoes, but they were the size of a twelve…"

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Oakfield Grange 414

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Welcome - Valkommen

"… to our history of the Maine Swedish Colony in Aroostook County. Our communities include New Sweden, Stockholm, Westmanland, and Woodland."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"… history of the Swedish Colony and the surrounding Aroostook County communities. He dedicated most of his life to working in wetlands, especially in…"

Nylander Museum

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Acadian Archives

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

"… to Sunday and is the best place to eat in Aroostook County. It is a popular place for the local people to eat, and many people in the winter come…"

Caribou Public Library

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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."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"However, when the Aroostook War came, Jacob was in a militia and served as lieutenant. The Aroostook War was when Maine was arguing with Canada for…"

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…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… County is dependent on train tracks to trade with Aroostook and Washington Counties, as well as parts of Canada and New England."

University of Maine at Presque Isle Library

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Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"… the first Ford dealership for Northern Penobscot County in the town of Lincoln. My family is full of Ford fans, all we drive is Ford."

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"Most of Penobscot County sold the papers and the county is still here today. On January 6, 1939, Alexander M."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"History of the Town of Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine, 1822-1928. Lewiston, Maine: Dingley, 1929. 369. Print. Goodwin, Beckie."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… North," History of the Town of Lincoln, Penobscot County Maine, 1872- 1928. Lewiston, Maine: Dingley, 1929, 747-43, Print, Flint, Warren, Joe…"