Tomorrow whilst my dear friend , Céleste , is keeping a watchful eye on " Athol " Air and taking care of business out there in the far Northwestern reaches of Alaska......She - Who - Quacks - With - Ducks and I shall be checking things out at the opposite end of the country.... in the Northeasternmost corner of Maine...... therefore of the USA . There are three villages in particular that have caught our attention , Stockholm , Sweden and Jemtland , Maine. Roughly 25 years ago I had it from rather sure sources that a few oldtimers still spoke Swedish there.... so tomorrow we shall find out for sure !!
A bit to the South of these old Swedish settlements is the small town of Mars Hill... pop. 1480 where my Daideo's ( grand-dad's ) sister married the Buckley clan patriarch , Old Dan , whose statue adorns the parking lot of the small Catholic Church today........ right on the main drag ! I might even find a few kissing cousins lurking around town . I haven't been back there in over 40 years .... and back then the womenfolk were " childbearing " at an astounding rate !! So one never knows...... ???
So why not google up Google Earth and type in Stockholm , Maine , USA and follow us on our quest and meandres ?
P.S. Thanks to Fluff for use of her map which she borrowed from some site and have a week well worth living y' all.
I do believe this is the first time I've heard of Stockholm, Me. Or Sweden for that matter. It'll be interesting to see what you find there.
ReplyDeleteAstounding birth rate? Must've been before the pill. **lol**