Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lillian Nordica, Farmington, ca. 1911

"… Public Library Description Lillian Nordic signed her photograph, "To the library, Lillian Nordica." The date is uncertain, but it is…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"… country skiing and is known as the birthplace of nordic skiing in America. Skiing was brought by the Swedes when they settled the Swedish Colony."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Club, founded in the early 1920s, offered winter Nordic and Cross Country skiing, and hosted an annual winter carnival, first at its ski jump…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… the world’s largest tourmaline A Olympic class Nordic ski facility The only town in America named Dixfield The birthplace of Edmund Muskie Those…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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