Millinocket, Maine History, Genealogy and Trivia
Millinocket, "the Magic City of the North," was founded in 1900.
Millinocket was established because New York developer Garret Schenck decided it would be a perfect site for a paper mill.
George Murray, of Millinocket, was the first person to cross the continent in a wheelchair, in 1981.
You are likely to find a rare dwarf birch at the summit of Mount Katahdin, which is 25 miles northwest of Millinocket.
How did Millinocket, Maine get its name?
It was a Mill town
it had a big mill - Stephen L
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