Maine Memory Network

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

"While a promising concept, scheduling problems arose when both potatoes and sugar beets needed to be harvested at the same time."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Threshing peas, ca. 1955

"… For many years peas were grown in rotation with potatoes as an alternative crop to help replenish nutrients to the soil."

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 - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"My mother and father did have sweet potatoes, but they were the size of a twelve year-old’s fist. It was normal to eat only lunch and dinner in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 3 of 4

"… her brothers and sisters were old enough to pick potatoes, her mother and father would make her clothes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"… was probably powered by the sprayer wheels.The potato plants appear to be in blossom, so the photograph was taken sometime in late July, ca. 1920."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 4 of 4

"… Historical Society To get money, she picked potatoes during harvest, and also she babysat. She babysat the town manager’s three boys next door."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"… Aroostook Railroad refrigerator cars for shipping potatoes. Cement blocks were manufactured in the small building on the left."

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 - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"… known as the “Starch King” because he was in the potato starch business. He was born in New York in 1850."

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

"Jeremiah would usually make meatloaf or baked potatoes. His favorite meal was his brother’s scrambled hamburger and home-made French fries."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"In home economics, they would help with the cooking during spare time, doing things such as peeling potatoes."

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

"… fertilizer per acre, yielding 217 barrels of potatoes this field. Common fertilizers are rated as having certain variable percentages of nitrogen…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"There were four boys and two girls. They picked potatoes in the end of September and early October. They picked strawberries in early June."

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 - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"When she was young they had hamburgers, hotdogs, and soups. Now there is pizza and baked potatoes. Her favorite fair food would be a hotdog."

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 - Arthur R. Gould

"One of his efforts paid off when he was instrumental in obtaining an increase on the tariff on Canadian potatoes entering the United States."

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 - John R Braden

"John R Braden Presque Isle Historical Society If one were to look up when standing in front of the ticket booth at the Braden Theatre on Main…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3

"Northern Maine Fair Memories Presque Isle Historical Society Some buildings that Dot’s construction company built for the Northern Maine Fair…"

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

"Northern Maine Fair Memories Presque Isle Historical Society She misses when all the families came and had a picnic lunch."

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Baptist Church

"State Street Baptist Church Text by Karlee and Laurin, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque Isle Historical Society X X…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"Working in Maine Text by a student at Presque Isle Middle School Images from Maine Memory Network Successful hunt in the Aroostook Woods, ca."