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Winter Fun!
“This is a notice to all mothers and fathers of Millinocket. Now is a good time to buy that pair of skis or toboggan that your youngster...
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Jan 26


J.J. Newberry Store, Part 2
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Society Museum Part 2: The expanded...
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Jan 19


JJ Newberry Store, Part 1
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Society Museum Many children, teens and...
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Jan 12


Donkey Ball
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Society Museum Donkey Ball is coming to town! Posters...
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Jan 5


The Papermakers Ball
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Society Museum The Papermakers Ball signaled the...
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Dec 29, 2024


Fire at Millinocket High School & Common School
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Society Museum Nov. 13, 1921, this headline appeared in the Bangor...
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Dec 22, 2024


Christmas in the Camps
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Society Museum Christmas Dinner in the Maine Woods, Umbazookskus...
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Dec 15, 2024


The Magic City - 1921
The “Magic City” as it was and still is known, had grown by leaps and bounds by April 1921. That year the Bangor Daily News was printing...
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Dec 8, 2024


First Flight Envelopes
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! On August 4, 1937, the first airmail flight was launched from the Millinocket Airport. The...
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Dec 1, 2024


Thanksgiving at Camp Baxter, CCC
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM The 193rd Company of the Civilian Conservation Corps, known as the Baxter Camp, Millinocket, operated...
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Nov 24, 2024


Honey, The War Dog
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! This is the story of Honey, The War Dog. Honey was the pet husky/shepherd dog of Miss Marian Harris of...
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Nov 17, 2024


O. A. Harkness
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! A photo displayed in the museum’s logging room shows Mrs. Alice Harkness christening GNP’s tugboat the...
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Nov 10, 2024


The Philharmonic Club
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! Millinocket’s past is filled with many organizations and clubs! One was the Millinocket Philharmonic...
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Nov 3, 2024


The Millinocket Library Story
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! On November 11, 1919, the first library in Millinocket opened its doors in the town known as...
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Oct 27, 2024


It's Football Season!
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! It’s time for football! In 1921, a Bangor news article admonished spectators to “give the...
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Oct 20, 2024


Another Millinocket Newspaper Discovered!
The Millinocket Herald , Vol. 1, No. 5 is the first copy of this paper to become part of the MHS newspaper collection. The issue date was...
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Oct 13, 2024


Music Festival in Millinocket
“A Baton and Band Good Time at Music Festival” is the headline in The Millinocket Herald for May 7, 1941. The feature story tells that...
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Oct 6, 2024


G.B. Moran's Stores
Gilbert B. Moran came from Island Falls to the area that would be Millinocket in 1899 and established a men’s clothing store and shoe...
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Sep 29, 2024


Millinocket HS vs Oxford St. School
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! Is it Millinocket High School or Oxford Street School? Photos keep appearing on Facebook and...
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Sep 22, 2024


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 15, 2024