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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."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"That looked like little roads. Albert and his friends would take their tricycles and wagons and pretend that they were driving on the highway."

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

"It also had its own train station. You could travel from New Sweden to Woodland to Caribou to Presque Isle and return."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"With a fast and efficient connection to the outside world, the Colony’s population continued to grow, new products and industries came to the Colony…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Passengers traveling south from Vanceboro or north from Bangor were halted at Lincoln and transported the rest of the way by bus and taxi."