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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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Jun 2, 2024


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 26, 2024


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 19, 2024


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 12, 2024


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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May 5, 2024


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 28, 2024


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 21, 2024


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 14, 2024


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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Apr 7, 2024


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 31, 2024


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 24, 2024


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 17, 2024


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...
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Mar 10, 2024


Hauling with One & Two Horse Sleds
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum For many years, horses played an important...
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Mar 3, 2024


Landmark Doomed
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum Millinocket Landmark Doomed read the...
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Feb 25, 2024


Snowmobile History
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum Every winter the snowmobilers arrive in the...
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Feb 18, 2024


The Brick Schoolhouse
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum As Millinocket grew, the need for...
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Feb 11, 2024


A Letter to Aunty
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum Letters written many years ago contain...
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Feb 4, 2024


Moran and Other Ads, 1902
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum The January 18,1902 issue of The...
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Jan 28, 2024


Society Hill
Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Historical Society Museum A few elaborate early homes were...
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Jan 21, 2024
