Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Service Company, Presque Isle, c. 1965

"Potato Service Company, Presque Isle, c. 1965 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description Aerial view of Potato Service…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921

"Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Building

"… Electric Company (later known as Maine Public Service Company) was established in the 1890s. Arthur Gould later became its manager."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957

"2 and No. 7) that provided commuter service to the region. The bus service provided connections with both Maine Central Railroad and Greyhound."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"Potato traffic hit an all-time high in 1930. The railroad hauled 899,300 tons of potatoes. Passenger service was discontinued in 1961 because of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"The potato became so important that in 1913 Thomas Phair and other leading Presque Isle businessmen convinced the state legislature to fund the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Shortly after the completion of this project, Presque Isle Electric Company and the Maine and New Brunswick Power Company merged."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Outbound freight typically consisted of potatoes, lumber, starch, and hay while inbound freight was fertilizer, grain, and flour."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"One time the potato service bought about 25 farm trucks at once and they were all red and white. Those trucks cost about $1,700 each so we made a lot…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"With mechanization of logging and potato farming, the tribe’s economic role disappeared. The people were left to fend for themselves without any…"

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 - Delivery of generators, Presque Isle, 1959

"… four diesel electric generators to Maine Public Service in Presque Isle. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"The residents of Presque Isle, seeing the growth brought by the railroad, were desperate to have train service and approached the New Brunswick…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bethany Baptist Church

"They held their first service upstairs while the basement was used as a garage. They voted to buy the church building and the land next door from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeast Airlines DC-3, Presque Isle, ca. 1945

"Commercial service resumed at the airfield about mid 1945. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library

"… in 1847, when pioneers were interested in library service. The group organizing the library was the called Half and Half Club."

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater

"It is now used as a parking lot for Maine Public Service employees. Sources: Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times A Walk Through History."

Presque Isle: The Star City - About us

"… Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services. Presque Isle - The Star City participating partners are: Turner Memorial Library X…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"… of Maine in three different jobs; the Forest Service, Bureau of Parks and Plants for Baxter State Park, and the Department of Conservation."

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

"A Greek Orthodox vespers service closed the first night of the program. The President was introduced by Fred Seaton, Secretary of the Interior."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"After retirement, he was placed out for stud services. Due to the size of his bank account, he was well cared for during his retirement."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… milk, hulled corn, boiled wheat, and roasted potatoes. In September of 1806 Mrs. Robert Herring Jr."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Exports were salt and smoked fish, sardines, potatoes, hay, wood and other agricultural products. By 1880 the era of sail had given way to the rise…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… to islanders, who shipped surplus produce such as potatoes back to Boston on the same vessels. The first regular packet (small sailing craft) line…"