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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"1940Presque Isle Historical Society Two row potato digger, ca. 1935Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum One-row diggers were still used even…"

Presque Isle Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"1910Presque Isle Historical Society Up until the 1970s when farms became more automated, farmers in Aroostook County used barrels to move potatoes…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Significant Events

"Significant Events Located in the north-east corner of the nation it has played a significant part in the country's history and its impact has gone…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965

"Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description A step in the process of producing potato starch…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Threshing peas, ca. 1955

"Threshing peas, ca. 1955 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description For many years peas were grown in rotation with potatoes…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"Adventures in Aroostook County X After high school, he was drafted into the army as a medical officer."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 3 of 3

"… Adventures in Aroostook County"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"Moving to Maine: There to Here X Other than shoes, there were a lot of things that my parents did not have, like an indoor toilet."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 4 of 5

"Potato Harvest Memories Out in the fields there were no outhouses. If the workers had to use the bathroom, they would put barrels around themselves."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes LOTS OF HORSE POWER IS NEEDED X Mechanical diggers were needed to provide a more efficient way of removing potatoes from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 2 of 2

"Dairy Farms Memories Holstein dairy cow, New Sweden, ca. 1922Nylander Museum Albert’s father worked many jobs."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 3 of 4

"Growing Up in Masardis Until she and her brothers and sisters were old enough to pick potatoes, her mother and father would make her clothes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Birds Eye mobil combine, Aroostook County, ca. 1960

"Birds Eye mobil combine, Aroostook County, ca. 1960 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description A Birdseye mobil combine for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975

"Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description Sugar beets being loaded from a…"

Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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

"… continued north to Madawaska, running through Presque Isle, Caribou, New Sweden, Stockholm, and Van Buren."

Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"Roger flew this plane from Florida to Presque Isle air base after being stationed in Florida after WW II."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"… A similar image to an ice house on the Kennebec.Presque Isle Historical Society When the Gardiner ice industry would gather ice, they would first…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"8 Presque Isle beat No. 1 Lawrence of Fairfield (86-81) in double overtime.” Eric Russell said (BDN 7 Mar, 05), “If you looked at the seedings, the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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