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- Jul 11, 2021
July 1921, In the News!
100 years ago in July of 1921, these were some of the Millinocket newsworthy items that appeared in print. 1. “A huge new scoreboard and...
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- Jul 3, 2021
Lookout Tower
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...
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- Jun 26, 2021
Pool Halls
Pool halls and billiard parlors were popular hangouts in the earlier years of the 1900’s. Millinocket had its share too, sometimes...
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- Jun 19, 2021
I Love a Parade!
Everyone loves a parade! In Millinocket’s early days the largest parade of the year took place on Labor Day. The local mill union...
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- Jun 12, 2021
What's new?
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...
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- Jun 5, 2021
Immigrants to the Magic City
Canada, Europe, the Middle East, China…the early settlers of Millinocket came from all corners of the globe. Descendants of some of these...
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- May 29, 2021
Early Local Photographers
Many professional photos in the museum collection were done by Crowell Studios. Crowell’s Studios, Crowell’s Photography, The Crowell’s...
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- May 22, 2021
Memorial Day
Memorial Day, once known as Decoration Day, has been observed in the United States since 1868. Millinocket’s Memorial Day parades for...
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- May 15, 2021
Whalen's Drug Store
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...
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- May 8, 2021
Stearns National Thespian Society
1964 marked a milestone for dramatics at Stearns High School. On January 2 of that year, local chapter 2155 troupe of the National...
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- May 1, 2021
Millinocket Women's Relief Corps
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...
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- Apr 24, 2021
Lumber Camp Cooks
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...
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- Apr 17, 2021
Lumber Camps
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...
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- Apr 10, 2021
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad extended its line from Old Town to Houlton in 1893, passing near what would soon become the town of...
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- Apr 4, 2021
The Penobscot Log Driving Company
The Penobscot Log Driving Company (PLD) was one of the companies controlling much of what was happening on the log drives in the early...
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- Mar 27, 2021
Lumbering Questions
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...
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- Mar 20, 2021
Katahdin Avenue School Keystones
A central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together. That is the dictionary definition of a keystone. Katahdin Avenue...
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- Mar 14, 2021
Schools in Millinocket
In the early 1900’s, Millinocket’s population increased every year. Oxford Street School had opened in 1907 as the Millinocket High...
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- Mar 7, 2021
So you live in Millinocket?
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...
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- Feb 28, 2021
The Northern
The Northern, a monthly magazine published by the Spruce Wood Department, Division of Social Services, Great Northern Paper Company...