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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Building

"Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Building X Text by Jacob and Craig, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"Moving to Maine: There to Here Tractor plowing snow, Lovell, ca. 1930Lovell Historical Society After they got over the “snow amazement”…"

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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."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 1 of 3

"Moving to Maine: There to Here Text by Alana, a student at Presque Isle Middle School Images from After moving to the United States for freedom and…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Allen Building

"Allen Building Text by Adam and Griffin, students from Presque Isle Middle School Images from and the students X X The Allen Building is…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"Braden Theater Text by Karlee and Laurin, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque Isle Historical Society X X The Braden…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"Carroll's Auto Sales Back then an average truck cost about $1,700 dollars. One time the potato service bought about 25 farm trucks at once and…"

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

"Carroll's Auto Sales During World War II, General Motors was making just enough cars to stay in business because they were making tanks to help the…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"Carroll's Auto Sales Presque Isle Historical Society Text by Chris, a Presque Isle Middle School student Images from the Presque Isle…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - About us

"About us The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between the Maine Historical Society and Maine State Library, is an innovative…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - St. John's Episcopal Church Building

"St. John's Episcopal Church Building X Text by Dustin and Dustin, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque Isle Historical…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Links to Presque Isle History

"Links to Presque Isle History Presque Isle Air Museum Presque Isle Airport, ca. 1937Presque Isle Air Museum Trans-Atlantic Balloon Site…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"Green's Department Store Text by Amelia and Alex, students at Presque Isle Middle School Images from and the students X X Green’s Shoes…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Pastimes

"Pastimes As for pastimes... camping, fishing, music, theater, art, snow sports. These are the activities that bring people together, encompass the…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Native Americans The Deep History of Presque Isle Text by: David Putnam In 1978, as a result of the proposal to construct the Aroostook Centre…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"Perry Opera House X Text by Gabe and Chance, two students at Presque Isle Middle School Images from X The Perry Opera House was built…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5

"Potato Harvest Memories Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Historical Society One hot day she was waiting for the digger man…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 3 of 5

"Potato Harvest Memories Click here to visit Richard Rand's Harvesting Potatoes. Potato Barrel Truck, Presque IslePresque Isle Historical…"

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

"Potato Harvest Memories Text by Isaac, a Presque Isle Middle School student Images from the Presque Isle Historical Society by a private patron…"

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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."

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

"Potato Harvest Memories Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Historical Society One of the fields had trees around it."

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

"Harvesting Potatoes THEN INTO THE BARREL Softwood potato barrel, Hodgdon, ca. 1950Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Potato picker's…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 10 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes IT'S NOT ALL WORK Break Time Image is from USDA 1976 Yearbook of Agroculture THE FACE OF RURAL AMERICA X Frequently, the…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes BARREL GRAPPLES Hand Grapple, Presque Isle, ca. 1910Presque Isle Historical Society Potato Barrel Grapple, Presque…"