Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"The Railway Company also leased ten acres of land in Hampden and operated Riverside Park, a rustic amusement park built on the banks high above the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"Bartlet came to Hampden in 2004, where he met a group of boys that would have the will to win a state championship! The 2005 team consisted of Evan…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"The Hampden papers show that John Crosby was born on April 19, 1757, and died on May 25, 1843. The Crosby home is still standing today on the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Hampden merchants maintained wharves, warehouses, and retail stores on Summer Street, all necessary related to the buying and selling of goods…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"Bob's Bears X The Day the Bears Bathed in Hampden by Bob Hawes Listen to Bob Hawes read the story..."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"Captain Morris, General Blake, and prominent Hampden citizens held a heated and confused meeting at the Hampden Academy building."

Hampden Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior, John Martin Store, Bangor, 1862

"In 1862, he opened his own store on Center Street near the Rail Road Bridge. Martin, who began in 1864 writing a detailed account of his life and…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"The first Grange was created in 1873 in Hampden Maine. The Grange connected the farmers and their families."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… law and then eventually became the town lawyer of Hampden, Maine. Hannibal Hamlin was elected several times to various public offices."