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Title: Black Hawk Putnam's sabre, 1862

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum

Date: 1862

Location: Houlton

Media: Metal

Title: Captain Black Hawk Putnam's boots, 1862

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum

Date: 1862

Location: Houlton

Media: leather

Title: Black Hawk Tavern, Houlton, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum

Date: circa 1920

Location: Houlton

Media: Photograph

Address: 13 Chapel Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Margaret Black

Use: Dwelling - Single family

Address: 68 Deering Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: George F Black

Use: Dwelling - Single family

Address: 35-37 Ellsworth Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Thomas Henry Black

Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Blacks in Maine

Maine's black population has never been large, but blacks have lived and worked in communities large and small throughout the state since early colonial days.

Guarding Maine Rail Lines

Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.

Yarmouth: Leader in Soda Pulp

Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.

Surry by the Bay

The Downeast community's history as presented by a broad-based team of representatives from Surry Elementary School and Surry Historical Society. Topics covered include the Surry Opera House and Surry Playhouse, the Surry Village School and education over time in the community, sawmills, and early property owner Phebe Fowler. Students scanned and transcribed a large number of the items digitized for the project.