Maine Memory Network

Hampden Academy, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Hampden Media: Photographic print

Hampden Congregational Church, Hampden, 1893

Contributed by: Hampden Historical Society Date: 1893 Location: Hampden Media: Photographic print

Hampden Academy additions & alterations, Hampden, 1976

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1976 Location: Hampden Client: Hampden Academy Architect: Wadsworth, Boston, Dimick, Mercer & Weatherill

Hampden Water District Slow Sand Filter, Hampden, 1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Hampden Client: Hampden Water Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'

Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.

Hannibal Hamlin of Paris Hill

2009 marked the bicentennials of the births of Abraham Lincoln and his first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. To observe the anniversary, Paris Hill, where Hamlin was born and raised, honored the native statesman and recalled both his early life in the community and the mark he made on Maine and the nation.

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"Hampden Academy, the area around which much of the activity of the Battle of Hampden took place, was incorporated on March 1, 1803."

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…"

Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows

A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.