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History of Caribou Maine
In 1807, Charles Turner surveyed ten thousand acres of land in Northern Maine, then part of the state of Massachusetts. In 1808 Captain William Eaton was deeded these same 10,000 acres as a reward for his heroic victory over the Barbary Pirates, this estate became known as the Eaton Grant and is now the southeast section of Caribou. Around 1824 settlers began arriving from New Brunswick, and settled land on the north side of the Aroostook River. The City of Caribou originally known as the town of Lyndon was established in 1843 and incorporated in 1859. The first school was built in 1852, and the town of Lyndon was renamed Caribou by the state legislature in 1877.
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