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The Cemetery
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! Plans for a Millinocket cemetery in its current location off Medway Road were made early in...
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- Sep 8
Old Photo Viewers
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! Have you viewed slides through a stereoscope/stereopticon? Young visitors at the museum are intrigued by...
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- Sep 1
Lewiston Weekly Journal, 1899, Part 3, Millsite
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! The story from the Lewiston Weekly Journal, Oct. 26, 1899 continues with part 3…the millsite (Note:...
millinockethistsoc
- Aug 25
Lewiston Weekly Journal, Oct. 1899, Getting Into Town
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! The story from the Lewiston Weekly Journal, Oct. 26, 1899 continues…from the train to town! (Note:...
millinockethistsoc
- Aug 18
Lewiston Weekly, Oct. 1899, Millinocket Train Station
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! “Maine’s Magic City – Millinocket. A Wonderous Town Built in Almost a Day and a Night Alone” is the...
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- Aug 11
Ham Radio Cards
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! W1KEZ was the call sign for Eugene H. Fairley of Millinocket, a ham (or amateur) radio...
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- Aug 4
Looking Back!
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! Forty-five years ago, 1979, the Millinocket Historical Society Museum opened in the Millinocket Municipal...
millinockethistsoc
- Jul 28
All the News That Fits We Print!
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! “All the news that fits, we print!” That statement was part of the introduction to Millinocket’s newest...
millinockethistsoc
- Jul 21
A Wonderful Collection!
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! The museum collection is constantly growing and contains a wide variety of items and photos. Everything...
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- Jul 14
The Telephone
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! Since 1877, the telephone has been a means of communication and the instrument has gone through many...
millinockethistsoc
- Jul 7
Happenings at the Museum!
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! Busy…that describes the activity at the museum the last few weeks and it is expected to continue that way...
millinockethistsoc
- Jun 30
The Dance Recitals
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! M. Dana Small, Joseph McCluskey, Lorraine Shippee, Veronica Carbonneau and Sandy Hartley are some who have...
millinockethistsoc
- Jun 23
Hikel's, An Early Business
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! When Millinocket was just beginning, people came from many parts of the world to help build the mill and...
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- Jun 16
The Geller Books
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! The newest Bill Geller book Chesuncook Passages, 1903-1971: Loggers, Settlers, & Sports arrived at the...
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- Jun 9
News from the Millinocket Herald-Tribune, 1947
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! There have been a number of Millinocket newspapers published over the years. One was the Millinocket...
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- Jun 2
Early Millinocket HS Graduations
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! It’s high school graduation time! The Millinocket school system graduated its first student in June of...
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- May 26
The Spruce Gum Story!
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! Did you ever chew spruce gum? I did. Like many rural Maine boys and girls, a walk in the woods often led...
millinockethistsoc
- May 19
Memorial Days Past!
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! Memorial Day will be observed in the United States on Monday, May 27. Memorial Day is a federal holiday in...
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- May 12
Batter Up!
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! The first baseball games in Millinocket may have been played on Shack Hill near the rapidly growing...
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- May 5
The Great Northern's Navy
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! In the early 1900’s, many Maine made products were shipped via water from towns along the coast. The Great...
