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Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
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...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
Feb 28, 2021
The Northern
The Northern, a monthly magazine published by the Spruce Wood Department, Division of Social Services, Great Northern Paper Company...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
Feb 21, 2021
The Hayseeder's Jig and Other Entertainments
Millinocket, February 1921-1926…some of what was taking place back then as found in news articles from that era! “Looking forward to the...
Trudy Wyman, Curator
Feb 17, 2021
Our Research/Genealogy Room
Searching one’s family tree continues to be one of the most popular hobbies in the United States. The museum frequently gets asked to...