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Houlton Grange

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation

"… 1830's the Military Road was built from Bangor to Houlton and later to points north. The New Brunswick Railway came to Presque Isle in 1881…"

East Grand School

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"Houlton and Fort Fairfield were the first to get rail service. The residents of Presque Isle, seeing the growth brought by the railroad, were…"

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

"The rail ran from Bangor, went north to Houlton, and then to the border of Canada at New Brunswick. The rail continued north to Madawaska, running…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… Marketing potatoes at starch factories, Houlton, 1895Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum A tradition unique to many Aroostook County…"

Cary Library

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Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Baptist Church

"… school building three miles south of town on the Houlton Road. The pastor at that time was Joseph Roberts."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"He also opened two other stores, one in Houlton and the other in Danforth. One of Green’s two sons, Eddie, managed the store starting in 1952."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"Tabor was named after John Tabor of Houlton who built the wagon in the late 1800s Loading Barrels by Hand, Presque Isle, 1950Presque Isle…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 2 of 2

"… her ten years at Madigan Memorial Hospital in Houlton, Sister Mary Michael opened a pharmacy. When that hospital closed in 1974, she returned to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"… except it didn’t go to Bangor, and it came from Houlton. People complained that it took too long to send mail and to get mail."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… since 1650 and American settlers arrived in Houlton in 1805 and 1807. The first French explorers described the people of the region as Etchemin."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… United States citizens when they traveled to Houlton in 1875. This undertaking provided a necessary step to New Sweden becoming a “plantation” in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Braden, for $4,010. Groups from Caribou and Houlton had also purchased competitive horses. (Shown here is a receipt of partial ownership in Braden)…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… Libby and the Eastland Hotel in Portland and the Houlton Hotel by Herbert W. Rhodes. In recent decades, architectural rendering in pencil, ink, and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… Maine: Penobscot and Passamaquoddys in the 1970s, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in 1980, and Mi’kmaq Nation in 1991; the Maine Indian Claims…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"government sent peacekeeping troops to Houlton and this initiated the building of the military road between Houlton and Bangor—this same road…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… at Mercy was with Madigan Memorial Hospital in Houlton (1915-1972). The Sisters of Mercy ran Madigan, (which had its own School of Nursing) along…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"… enrolled in Madigan Memorial School of Nursing in Houlton in 1937 before taking vows in the Sisters of Mercy in 1944."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… for work: once to go to Grand Lake Stream or Houlton and work at F. Shaw Brothers Tannery. His dates of working there are unknown, but at some…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… in Portland and of Madigan Memorial Hospital in Houlton, and more openings of parochial schools. One of the stated core values of the Sisters of…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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