Search Results

Keywords: Madawaska

Site Pages

These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.


Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"… northern part of Aroostook from the Fort Kent, Madawaska, and Van Buren areas would come to Presque Isle to work in various harvesting jobs."

Site Page

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"She first settled by Elis Lund on the Madawaska Road. After a couple of years her mother remarried to Mr. Lund."

Site Page

Acadian Archives

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

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

"The rail continued north to Madawaska, running through Presque Isle, Caribou, New Sweden, Stockholm, and Van Buren."

Site Page

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"… from New Sweden, Stockholm, Westmanland, and Madawaska Lake. As part of the New Sweden School's Maine History, Local History unit, seventh and…"

Site Page

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

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

"… The presence of good water flow volume along the Madawaska Stream enabled Stockholm to become the industrial center of the Colony."

Site Page

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

"… a fine concrete bridge was finally built over the Madawaska Stream in Stockholm to replace the wooden one washed out in the flood of 1923."

Site Page

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

"Early settlers crossed the Madawaska Stream to settle the area known as Upsala. The population in 1890 was 66, by 1900 it was 191."

Site Page

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"After graduation she attended Madawaska Training School and later Beals College where she excelled. She went into civil service in 1923 with the…"

Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"John River Valley , N. Aroostook Co., Me. and Madawaska Co., NB: A History of the Communities and People. Web. 8 Apr. 2010."

Site Page

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

"… British officials, both French-speakers in the Madawaska region and Wabanaki individuals, Tribes, and Nations, continue to suffer the repercussions…"

Site Page

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

"… people used it to settle on the north side of the Madawaska Stream. However, in 1923, the bridge was washed out by a major flood."

Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Grand Falls were such large village sites, with Madawaska another that occurred above the salmon run."