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Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation

"… to the development and growth of Presque Isle and Aroostook County. At first, the only way into the area was to travel through New Brunswick via…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Special potato bag, Presque Isle, c. 1950

"1950 Contributed by Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Description 25 pound potato bag, Produce Distributors, Inc."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959

"The Aroostook Trust Company building in the background is at the corner of Main Street and Chapman Road, Presque Isle."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Free Baptist Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"source: "Art Work of Aroostook County, Maine," v. 8, W. H. Parish Publishing Co., Chicago, 1895. View additional information about this item on the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"The Aroostook State Normal School grew into the University of Maine at Presque Isle attracting students from all over the state, region, country and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 11 of 13

"… with Barrel Grapple, Littleton, 1945Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum The two trucks pictured here are restorations of 1940s potato barrel…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"1935Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Edwena, my grandmother, told me about working in the Central Aroostook County potato fields."

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

"SOURCES Richard W. Judd” AROOSTOOK A Century of Logging in Northen Maine” UNIVERSIY OF MAINE PRESS, 1989 Charles Morrow Wilson “Aroostook: Our Last…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"… Isle Historical Society X X In 1870, Aroostook County had no railways. The primary transportation was by horse and wagon."

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

"1935Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum One-row diggers were still used even after tractors were introduced."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Sears and Roebuck Company Building

"Sears moved to the Aroostook Centre Mall in 1993. The building that was Sears and Roebuck is no longer there today."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato import protest, Presque Isle, 1982

"… to imported Canadian potatoes, a group of Aroostook County potato farmers filled the parking lot of the Presque Isle Agricultural Center on…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"… blocks eventually were used to cool Bangor and Aroostook Railroad refrigerator cars for shipping potatoes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"… was the first foreign made car to be sold in Aroostook County. Citroens came from France so they had to be shipped overseas."

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

"1950Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Potato picker's tickets, ca. 1910Presque Isle Historical Society Up until the 1970s when farms…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"“Aroostook" is a mangled version of Wolastuq, the original name for the St. John River. The families would disperse broadly through the late summer…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"Families from the northern part of Aroostook from the Fort Kent, Madawaska, and Van Buren areas would come to Presque Isle to work in various…"

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

"Victor potato digger, Littleton, c. 1920Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Two horses were necessary to pull these early potato diggers."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"Eleven years later, in 1986, the Aroostook County Federal Savings and Loan Association purchased the land and built their own building on the site."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle

"Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Description International Fertilizers…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921Presque Isle Historical Society Gould’s original plan was to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"… Maine Memory Network Successful hunt in the Aroostook Woods, ca. 1900Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Percival Baxter and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… from a new 8-screen movie complex at the Aroostook Centre Mall. Fifteen years later, father and son Arlen and Chris Dow purchased the theater. It…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Braden! Aroostook is with you! CHORUS So you’ll “take the pole” today in your nifty little way, While Aroostook County cheers you “to a man.” With…"