Title

Penobscot County, Maine

Creator

Penobscot County (Me.). Commissioners

Date

1974

Description

This book has a purpose. It is designed to bring you up to date with Penobscot County. It will indicate the direction the economy is developing, and depict why Penobscot County is a superior place in which to live. It has been prepared under the auspices of the Penobscot County Commissioners with the cooperation of town officials and advertisers loyal to regional development. We hope it will encourage you to visit Penobscot County, begin a business, establish an industry, build a life. We hope you will pay our message the close attention we feel it deserves.

Contents

Greetings from County Commissioners--Penobscot County--Interstate 95--Bangor International Airport--The Penobscot River--Henry David Thoreau--Paul Bunyan--Education--What About All Those Funny Names--Bangor-Brewer Metropolitan Area--Architecture--Hampden--Corrinna-Newport-Dexter Area--Corinth--Northern Penobscot County--Central Maine Power--Bangor Hydro-Electric--Millinocket--Great Northern--Lee

Subject

Penobscot County (Me.)--Description and travel

Type

Illustrated works

Promotional materials

Spatial Coverage

Penobscot County (Me.)

Temporal Coverage

Nineteen seventies

Twentieth century

Language

English

Is Part Of

Bangor Public Library Special Collections

Note

Contains dozens of photographs of Penobscot County circa the mid-1970s, as well as descriptions and history of Maine towns and advertisements for businesses, colleges, and organizations.

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