Forest fire lookout towers were abundant in Maine’s North Woods in the early half of the 1900’s. They came about after a series of fires...

Pool halls and billiard parlors were popular hangouts in the earlier years of the 1900’s. Millinocket had its share too, sometimes...

Everyone loves a parade! In Millinocket’s early days the largest parade of the year took place on Labor Day. The local mill union...

Author B. W. Edwards stopped by the museum with five copies of his book 2 in the “Suncookers” series. Edwards has spent summers in the...

Canada, Europe, the Middle East, China…the early settlers of Millinocket came from all corners of the globe. Descendants of some of these...

Many professional photos in the museum collection were done by Crowell Studios. Crowell’s Studios, Crowell’s Photography, The Crowell’s...

Memorial Day, once known as Decoration Day, has been observed in the United States since 1868. Millinocket’s Memorial Day parades for...

Whalen’s Drug Store on Millinocket’s Penobscot Avenue was started by E. J. Warren. Many photos of that street in the early days show this...

1964 marked a milestone for dramatics at Stearns High School. On January 2 of that year, local chapter 2155 troupe of the National...

The Women’s Relief Corps…mention of this organization keeps showing up in some of the old local newspapers and in articles in some museum...

More on lumber camp cooks and cookees! Although the cook was in charge of the camp cookhouse, the cookee (next in the hierarchy and often...

Need a good cream tartar biscuit recipe? Check this one out if you need to feed 40 working men three meals a day! The recipe and other...

The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad extended its line from Old Town to Houlton in 1893, passing near what would soon become the town of...

The Penobscot Log Driving Company (PLD) was one of the companies controlling much of what was happening on the log drives in the early...

Often museum visitors ask “Why did the lumbermen cut and pile the wood in the winter? Wouldn’t it have been easier to do it without snow...

A central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together. That is the dictionary definition of a keystone. Katahdin Avenue...

In the early 1900’s, Millinocket’s population increased every year. Oxford Street School had opened in 1907 as the Millinocket High...

So You Live in Millinocket? Did you know Dorothy Bowler Laverty wrote a book with that title which explains the history of housing in the...

The Northern, a monthly magazine published by the Spruce Wood Department, Division of Social Services, Great Northern Paper Company...

Millinocket, February 1921-1926…some of what was taking place back then as found in news articles from that era! “Looking forward to the...