Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"Eureka Hall, Stockholm Eureka Hall X This building is now known to all of us as a nice family, sit-down restaurant in downtown Stockholm, Maine."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… building at various times housed a movie theater-hall-basketball court, bowling alley, pool hall, barber shop, variety store, town jail, and town…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… Stockholm to become the industrial center of the Colony. Logs could be floated, and steam-driven factories were set up along the river banks."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"… of the natural history of the Swedish Colony and the surrounding Aroostook County communities."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Work Cited: www.geocities.com/mscguide/sthis.html, Maine Swedish Colony, 5/24/06 www.mainememory.net, 5/25/06"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The Eureka Club and Eureka Hall Once the bridge was rebuilt, sidewalks were added and gravel roads were made."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Though short-lived, that British colony marked the beginning of more permanent settlement along the western side of the river in what became known as…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… French Acadie, and where to draw the line between colonial Massachusetts and Nova Scotia. Some of the earliest documents from 1764 pertain to areas…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"In Saco in the evening the Town Hall was thrown open, which was packed by a joyful crowd. Speeches, singing and cheers were the order of the evening…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… Dock Square, opposite the south side of Faneuil Hall, the Pejepscot lands left to him by his father, as well as other dubious land titles on…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… to them at the City Opera House and other halls and venues downtown. Concerts, minstrel and vaudeville shows, oratories, chorales and dramatics…"

New Sweden Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"The so-called rusticators came to Blue Hill's summer colony on steamships that met their passengers at the railhead in Rockland."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"… 22, 1955, Miss Stone was acknowledged by the Colonial Daughters Chapter of the Daughters of America as a ‘true pioneer of education.’ In June of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… horizontal stripes, representing the original 13 colonies, with 50 stars for our fifty states Today, the flag hangs inside each classroom in the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… meat, fish and produce for the expanding summer colony. During peak season delivery trucks hurried about to the summer cottages and large yachts…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… a hundred and fifty years before conditions in colonial New England would allow any attempt at permanent settlement."