Maine Memory Network

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

"His favorite subjects were music and ancient history. If you lived close to the school, you were allowed to go home to eat lunch."

Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"… plane has been talked about since that momentous day and now a model of this plane, upside down, hangs in a corner of a room in the Lincoln…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"… woke up at 5:00 AM and delivered the paper every day for six years until he graduated from high school."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5

"She left school her senior year of high school to marry him. She never went back to graduate. In the spring, my grandmother, with other women and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 10 of 13

"See how Presque Isle Middle School student Isaac's grandmother occupied her time in the potato field"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"Resources Mountains of Maine, Steven Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"The Bridge That Changed The Map Text By: Carl W. Stinchfield Return to Online Exhibits Maps are often changed when bridges are built which alter the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"Wood Products of Strong Text By: Carl Stinchfield and Dawn S. Pratt Return to Online Exhibits The importance of wood products to the Town of Strong…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"Groups, Clubs & Organizations Knights of Pythias The Knights of Pythias was another post-Civil War fraternal organization and secret society…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Groups, Clubs & Organizations Text By: Valerie Tucker Installation of Officers in the Aurora Grange, Strong, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

""Fly Rod" Crosby Jeremy Porter home, Strong, ca. 1880Strong Historical Society Fly Rod's mother was a Porter, and through her she was…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

""Fly Rod" Crosby Text By: Ben Godsoe Return to Online Exhibits Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby (1854-1946)Maine State Museum Cornelia “Fly Rod”…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Online Exhibits

"Online Exhibits Our MCHP Team has put together the following exhibits. We hope that you enjoy exploring them as much as we have enjoyed working on…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… the arm chair, 5 days for the oval chair, 8 days for the sofa and 5 days for the trellis. View additional information about this item on the…"

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

"One day the boys decided they wanted a bite of that apple, they cut off a piece of the apple on the side that was facing away from the window, so he…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"There was Children’s Day, the Big Day, and the Last Day. Now the Fair is nine days. The Fair has and will always be one of Presque Isle’s favorite…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"Steven surpassed all expectations by reserving three, 50 minute classes on four days for the Maine Community Heritage Project."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"… of seeing the 4 cars which was run on that day I was told from day break until 12 midnight of the sights I have seen I count this as one of the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Steamer "Bangor," 1847

"… group of Bangor area residents who went on a one-day excursion aboard the new iron bottom propeller steamer Bangor from Bangor to Belfast."

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

"… This one-row digger was entered in the Mapleton Days parade in June, 2009 X In the 1930s some diggers had a gasoline engine mounted on it to…"

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

"… this in the morning because the clothes took all day to dry. Sadie bought big blocks of soap and sliced them with a knife."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"… with his own commentary on the events of that day, including illustrations, one of which is a canoe race on Kenduskeag Stream."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889

"… and died, my children feasted on this tree all the days it bore." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"… He added that the boys had been drilled several days before marching in the parade. Martin's descriptions and illustrations are on page 105 of…"