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Places Of Interest
CARIBOU PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Director Virginia White, vwhite@caribouschools.org
Telephone: (207) 493-4278
Caribou Performing Arts Center is an 800-seat facility attached to the Caribou High School. CHS Drama students and the surrounding community use the Performing Arts Center. Performances vary from small high school plays to large musical acts. For more information on upcoming events call (207) 493-4278 or view the calendar of events at http://www.caribou.k12.me.us/PAC/PAC.html.
THE NYLANDER MUSEUM
393 Main Street
Caribou, Maine 04736
Telephone: (207) 493-4209
On the Web: www.nylandermuseum.org
Located in Caribou, Maine, the Nylander Museum was dedicated in 1939 by Maine Governor Lewis Barrows. The museum was originally designed to house the collections of Olof O. Nylander, a self-taught naturalist from Oremolla, Skifvarps, Sweden. Born in 1864, Mr. Nylander became interested in natural history as a youth. His spare time was spent collecting fossils and mineral specimens.
Besides his geology and paleontology skills, Olof was very knowledgeable of the flora and fauna, and the mollusca of Aroostook County, Maine and the adjoining areas in Canada. Some mollusk shell specimens he collected are as small as the head of a pin, and can be viewed by the public in our museum. He also wrote numerous scientific papers and booklets.
Recognizing his years of service, the University of Maine at Orono awarded Mr. Nylander an Honorary Master of Science degree in 1938. In correspondence to Mr. Nylander, he was frequently addressed as professor or doctor. The following year, in 1939, the Nylander Museum was dedicated in Caribou, Maine.
Throughout the years various museums, including the Smithsonian Museum and the National Museum of Canada wanted to acquire all or part of the original Nylander collection. The collection has remained largely intact; part of which is permanently on display at the Nylander Museum
CARIBOU HISTORICAL SOCIETY
P.O. Box 1058
Caribou, Maine 04736
Telephone: (207) 498-2556
Located 3 miles south of downtown Caribou on U.S. Route 1
The Caribou Historical Society was established in 1974 by a group of people dedicated to the preservation of Caribou’s history. For several years the society met in a variety of places but in 1986 the group completed a mass mailing to contact current and former Caribou citizens. The society agreed that they needed a building to house the Caribou Historical Society.
The mailing was a huge success, residents, businesses, society members and expatriates throughout the United States responded the campaign netted about half of the money needed to complete the building. In a conversation with his cousins in Whittier California, Phil Soucia a Caribou resident discussed the project with family members living in Whittier, California. Mericos Whittier, a Caribou native, left Caribou in about 1900 and traveled to California, eventually becoming very wealthy in the oil business. The Whittier’s were very interested in the project.
The Society raised about $36,000.00 as a result of the mass mailing, and the Whittier Family Foundation donated the remaining funds. The Historical Society was built on land donated by Mildred Hatch. The land located on the Presque Isle Road is adjacent to the Lyndon Center Cemetery. The site settled by Caribou Pioneers in 1843 was the second settlement in what was to become Caribou.
There are many research resources available at the museum:
Family Histories & Genealogies
Eaton Grant Settlers Descendants – compiled by Nancy Bubar:
Annis (first blacksmith), Brown, Bubar (3 volumes), Butler, Calkins, Doody, Drake (the first ferry operator), Hale, Kelley, Langley, Parks, Richards, Walton, Wark, Whiteneck.
Family Histories:
SOUCIA/WHITTIER by Phil Soucia
Collins Family 1740-1977
Chassie 1995, another Chassie history called “Ernie”
Reids & Vances “Our Aroostook Families”
Sirios
History of Weidknect, Whitenach, Whiteneck
Diary of Myra Crockett
Life & Times of Grover Merrill Hardison 1885 – 1950
Lebanon Road New Sweden Families
Historical interviews of “People Past” in Caribou, Maine
Ancient Burial Ground Caribou, Maine
Freeman Wright’s United Baptist Memorials to Deceased Members
Inquiries regarding research resources for family histories and genealogies can be directed to Nancy Patten Bubar via e-mail at perhamgal@juno.com
The Caribou Historical Society established a “Friends” of the Society program in 2004 designed to give recognition to those special individuals or organizations who generously support the Society in its efforts to preserve the past. To request information regarding the Society, please contact the Caribou Historical Society, P.O. Box 861, Caribou, Maine 04736.
AROOSTOOK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
97 Refuge Road
Limestone, ME 04750
Telephone: (207) 328-4634
Visit the Refuge's Web Site: http://refuges.fws.gov/profiles/index.cfm?id=53630
Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge is located on part of the former Loring Air Force Base, in Limestone, Maine. It was established in 1998, when 4,700 acres were transferred from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Refuge also administers some 2400 acres of wetland conservation easements throughout Aroostook County. In a portion of Maine where the landscape is dominated by agricultural crops such as potatoes and broccoli, Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge protects valuable wildlife habitat. The variety of habitat types attracts a diversity of wildlife species. Resident species such as black bear and moose can be seen on the Refuge. River otters, mink, fishers, beavers, and snowshoe hares are a few of the smaller, less conspicuous species that are found here.
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