We hope to periodically add new stories of Sweden’s past to this page, so check back frequently.
A Buggy Bungle
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July 9, 2024
How a carriage was preserved for 200 years In 1810, according to local lore, a resident of New Suncook Plantation (as Sweden …
Albert Kimball of Sweden
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March 17, 2023
This post was planned before I was aware of the existence of COVID-19. I realized that Albert Kimball, the subject of the …
Matters and Things Noticed during a Trip Mountainward
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December 11, 2019
From the Bridgton News, 07 Nov 1873 Transcribed by Janet Mahannah (Sweden Historical Society and GLLT). Paragraph breaks added for readability. In …
Memories of the First Sweden Methodist Episcopal Church
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October 4, 2019
In the Bridgton News issue of January 2, 1948, Julia Chadbourne, the 93-year-old correspondent for the News, acknowledges that she is the …
James Sands of Maine and The Green(e) Family
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September 8, 2019
From the September 29, 1871 edition of the Bridgton News: In Sweden, on Saturday, the 23d Sept, the dwelling house owned and …