The humble potato was the plant that put Aroostook County, Maine on the map.  In the first half of the 20th century," the county" led the nation in the production of potatoes for table use, seed, and starch.

A young man driving a potato harvester, c. 1930

Stockholm's farmers did their part to make Aroostook "potato country," as shown in this 1915 photo (left) of the Fred Hjelm family at harvest time.