Keywords: Route 161
Item 18788
Fritz Sjoberg farm, New Sweden, ca. 1922
Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: circa 1922 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print
Item 18807
Jemtland Baptist Church, New Sweden, ca. 1922
Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: circa 1922 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
