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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Apr 28
Edgar Prouty's Report on Dams
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! Edgar W. Prouty, GNP engineer, inspected all the dams on the West Branch during the summer of 1936. Titled...
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Apr 21
Author Marion Whitney Smith
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! A writer of fiction for juveniles and adults, author of two biographies and contributor of articles for...
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Apr 14
The Early Bridges
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! Millinocket, built along side a flowing stream, has seen several bridges and replacements through the...
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Apr 7
Getting Around in Early Millinocket
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum Early Millinocket citizens had few choices...
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Mar 31
Confectionery Stores
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum Have a wish for something sweet? During the...
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Mar 24
Millinocket Trust Company
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum On March 10, 2024, the former Millinocket...
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Mar 17
The Poor Relation
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum “The Poor Relation” is what GNP historian...
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Mar 10
History of Millinocket Post Office
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum Millinocket’s post office (c1899) was once...