History · Fort Fairfield
A history of Fort Fairfield,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Fort Fairfield from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
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The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Fort Fairfield is named for John Fairfield, 13th and 16th governor of Maine.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1870s2 items · St. Paul's Church & Rectory, Fort Fai…Commons
1887Colby's atlas of the state of Maine - including…Map
1910s2 items · ReedHouseFortFairfieldMECommons
1920–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish Fort Fairfield’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCarnegie Library, 1916: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10By decade
Fort Fairfield, decade by decade
1870s2 items
1920s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as St. Paul's Church & Rectory, Fort Fairfield, Aroostock Co., Maine (c. 1870) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.