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Emma #1
This is part one of the story of two of Millinocket’s pioneer ladies…both named Emma. Emma LePage came to what would become Millinocket...
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Mar 9, 2025


Early Boarding Houses
In 1899, housing was scarce for the influx of workers coming to help build the new mill. Behind the millsite, tents, hovels, tar papered...
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Mar 2, 2025


Haberdasheries
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Society Museum Millinocket in 1924 had at least four...
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Feb 23, 2025


A Millinocket Girl
She was a Millinocket girl…born in the 1920’s, attended school in town, went off to college, married and then spent years living in...
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Feb 16, 2025


Semi-Pro Basketball
It’s basketball season! In the past, semi-pro basketball teams were popular in Maine, and Millinocket was no exception. The Emerson Pills...
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Feb 9, 2025


SHS Gym & Auditorium
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Society Museum 100 years ago, 1925, the new Stearns...
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Feb 2, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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
