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How a carriage was preserved for 200 years In 1810, according to local lore, a resident of New Suncook Plantation (as Sweden …
This post was planned before I was aware of the existence of COVID-19. I realized that Albert Kimball, the subject of the …
The Sweden Historical Society was fortunate to have received a 1878 journal written by Clifford L. Pike. Clifford Pike was best known …
From the Bridgton News, 07 Nov 1873 Transcribed by Janet Mahannah (Sweden Historical Society and GLLT). Paragraph breaks added for readability. In …
In the Bridgton News issue of January 2, 1948, Julia Chadbourne, the 93-year-old correspondent for the News, acknowledges that she is the …
From the September 29, 1871 edition of the Bridgton News: In Sweden, on Saturday, the 23d Sept, the dwelling house owned and …