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In Millinocket’s early days, businesses, doctors & lawyers offices and other establishments located in the downtown area did not have a street address, but were referred to by “block” location. There was the Decker Block, the Moore Block, the Hayden Block, the Rush Block, the Whalen Block and more. All advertisements in the local and Bangor newspapers used a block name. As time passed and new businesses took over a location, some names changed (Decker Block became known as Decker-Gonya Block...

Signs! Signs! Signs! Since the museum was organized in 1979, it has accepted donations of local signs…businesses, organizations, medical and more. A new exhibit at the Historical Society shows off a few from the collection. One of the oldest is a wooden Katahdin Avenue sign recovered in the 1980’s during a porch renovation. Another, with an interesting story, has one word MUSEUM, on it. This sign was created by Merrill Segee, one of the founders of MHS.  He found the piece of wood (53 inches...

The onset of World War 2 brought about changes in the way Great Northern Paper Company produced paper. John E. McLeod describes some of the changes in his history The Northern, The Way I Remember . McLeod states that even before Pearl Harbor, war controls were in effect in the US & Canada. Most of these government agencies went by letters…example – OPM for Office of Production Management. By 1942, these agencies made it difficult for GNP to get needed materials for repairs, for maintenance...