This history was scanned from a manuscript in the library’s rare materials collection. It’s length requires breaking it into chapters.
- Introduction – Ch1 Naming Presque Isle
- Ch2 – 1816 to 1841
- Ch3 – 1841 to 1866
- Ch4 – Reach Road
- Ch5 – Aroostook War
- Ch6-7 Houlton and Centerline Roads
- Ch8-10 Incorporation plus State and Maysville Roads
- Ch11-12 Easton and Gardiner Roads
- Ch13-15 Third Quarter
- Ch16 Early Settlers
- Ch17 Northern Maine Fair
- Ch18-24 Churches