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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"After the Civil War, Aroostook County, in general, and Presque Isle, in particular, found economic prosperity in the starch industry."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeastland Hotel

"… X Reed Tavern, founded by Leonard Reed in 1842, was the third building in the Village of Presque Isle."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… 1837-38 and conflict over access to timber in the AroostookWar” of 1838-39, encouraged the new Whig and Tory governments of the US and Britain to…"

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Acadian Archives

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Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"… destroyed his store in the same location in 1842. He ran a general store during his lifetime and passed it down to his son Charles F. afterward."

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Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… 24, 1840; Mary A., who was born January 28, 1842; and Mary Rosalinda, who was born March 15, 1858."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The so called Aroostook War was avoided, however, when Gen. Winfield Scott, President Van Buren's emissary, convinced Governor Fairfield to resolve…"