1850s & early 1860s -Arrival of immigrants, predominately from County Clare, Ireland
1858 -Establishment of the town location due to the selection of a mail site
1866 -Construction of a one-room log structure as the first Maple Lake area school
1882 -Establishment of a school in the village of Maple Lake
1886 -Platting of the village of Maple Lake by James Madigan
1889 -Arrival of the Soo Line railroad through Maple Lake
1890 -Incorporation of the City of Maple Lake and organization of the first fire department
1904 -Beginning of area rural mail delivery
1908 -Completion of Maple Lake’s first grade 1 through 12 school facility
1910 -First class of graduates from Maple Lake High School
1910-1912 -Construction of a water tower and water/sewer mains
1937 -Re-establishment of the Maple Lake Fire Department
1942 -Tornado that destroyed or damaged many buildings in the downtown area 1950 -Opening of Irish Stadium,
home of the Maple Lake Lakers 1952 -Opening of St. Timothy’s
School
1955 -Opening of Camp Courage
northwest of Maple Lake 1967 -Completion of the current
Maple Lake High School and establishment of the Maple Lake Municipal Airport
1978 -Completion of the first of the two senior housing units at Maple Manor
1990 -Completion of the current Maple Lake Elementary and the volunteer effort to build Centennial Playground during Maple Lake’s Centennial year
1991 -Opening of the Bolduan Park softball fields
2008 -Reconstruction of Birch Avenue 2009 -Opening of the Maple Lake
Library
2009 -Completion and start-up of the
Annandale-Maple Lake-Howard Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant
2012 -Opening of the Irish Diamonds community ballfields
Based on information in “Reflections–Carving a Community Out of the Big Woods,” and the Maple Lake Messenger.