Piscataquis County: 16 counties in Maine Series Traditional Cache
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Piscataquis County: 16 counties in Maine Series
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This is a micro hide. Part of the 16 Counties in Maine Series. BYOPOP
Do you know the county song?
Maine County Song
Sing to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy
16 counties in our State, Cumberland and Franklin.
Piscataquis, Somerset, Aroostook, Androscoggin
Sagadahoc, Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox and Hancock
Waldo, Washington and York
Oxford and Penobscot!
Piscataquis
SIZE: 3,770 square miles
INCORPORATED: 1838
COUNTY SEAT: Dover-Foxcroft
POPULATION: 17,235
TOWNS: Abbott, Atkinson, Beaver Cove, Bowerbank, Brownville, Dover-Foxcroft, Greenville, Guilford, Medford, Milo, Monson, Parkman, Sangerville, Sebec, Shirley, Wellington and Willimantic.
PLANTATIONS: Kingsbury and Lake View.
1931 - Governor Percival Baxter begins buying land in Northern Maine for the purpose of establishing a game reserve. Over the course of 30 years, Baxter would purchase over 90,000 acres. This land was generously donated toward the establishment of Baxter State Park.
The highest Mountain is Mount Katahdin, 5,268-foot elevation.
Moosehead Lake in Maine is the largest lake east of the Mississippi contained within one state.
Please add any other county facts of interest in your log.
Additional Hints
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Arne Irgrena'f Zbahzrag