Maine Memory Network
Maine's Online Museum

Title: Water bucket from Hancock Barracks, Houlton

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum

Date: circa 1840

Location: Houlton

Media: leather

Title: Fort Kent Block House

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society

Date: 1910

Location: Fort Kent

Media: monochrome photograph

Title: Fort Kent Blockhouse

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society

Date: circa 1930

Location: Fort Kent

Media: Monochrome photograph

The Aroostook War and the Northeast Border

From the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution in 1783 to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842, the northern border of Maine -- and the United States -- was uncertain and a source of considerable tension between the U.S. and Britain.

Presque Isle: The Star City

The history of a northern Maine community as told by an array of local institutions and organizations. Site contributors include University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle Historical Society, Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle Middle School. Some of the topics include historic buildings, potato farming, transportation and the Aroostook Valley Railroad.

Lincoln, Maine

The history of a long-time mill town as depicted by seventh and eighth grade students at Mattanawcook Junior High School, with help from Lincoln Historical Society and Lincoln Memorial Library. The site includes exhibits on the paper industry, founding fathers, wartime Lincoln, Main Street, influential institutions, and communication and transportation.