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Historical Items

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Item 103799

Allagash Ferry, 1927

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1927-08-20 Location: Allagash Media: Photograph

Item 22688

Camp on Allagash Lake, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: T8 R14 WELS Media: Photographic print

Item 20226

Flat Bottom Boat, St. John River, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Allagash Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Allagash Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

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Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend

Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.

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Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Site Pages

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Allagash Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Music in Maine - Country Music

"Allagash Records Dick Curless record, 1960Maine Historical Society Dick Curless and Dan Fulkerson started Allagash Records in Bangor in the…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… were found along the lakeshores of the upper Allagash River and from surface collections of plowed fields on the George Sawyer farm in Ashland."

My Maine Stories

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My Peace on Earth
by Dana Eidsness

She left Maine for school and vowed she'd never move back.