Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"Canadian and Pacific Railroad Text by Megan and Madison, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque Isle Historical Society X…"

Lincoln, Maine - William Kelly, Lincoln, 1943

"He was stationed in the Pacific and served at the Battle of Guadalcanal. Bill lost part of his foot during the war."

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Francis Train, Bangor, 1866

"… Train, a businessman who organized of the Union Pacific Railroad, spoke at the Democratic Convention in Bangor in August 1866."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The Canadian Pacific discontinued use of electricity and switched to diesel. This substation on Munson Hill, pictured in1909, was 5 miles north of…"

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

"The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railroad to Caribou and then Presque Isle later in the 1881 opened more markets for the Aroostook potato."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… was female; both volunteered; one served in the Pacific, one in Europe. Both served with great distinction and courage."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"Gridley Barrows served in the Pacific during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander in the navy."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… and voyage down the Columbia River to the Pacific in 1811, has correspondence and maps in the Barclay Collection from the early 1820s."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… more position at another company; the Island and Pacific railroad company in Chicago, in 1903 and become vice-president of that company."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The Canadian Pacific discontinued use of electricity and switched to diesel. As roadways improved, however, the needs for passenger services declined."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Railway System (later known as the Canadian Pacific Railroad) steamed into town allowing for starch to be shipped south via New Brunswick."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"In 1875 she and eleven other women founded the Pacific Dispensary Hospital for Women and Children in San Francisco."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… grocery store run by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. By 1941, six national chain stores anchored the downtown: J. J. Newberry; F."