Keywords: Bangor and Aroostook Rail Road
Item 10858
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad line near Caribou, ca. 1894
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1894 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print
Item 20187
Building the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Island Falls, 1894
Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Island Falls Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation
"… came to Presque Isle in 1881 followed by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in 1894. In the mid-1930's the Presque Isle Airfield was developed."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… achieved with the opening of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad line to Houlton in 1891 and to Presque Isle and Fort Fairfield in 1894."
