Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"War of 1812 Text by Karyn Field There is no doubt that by the time of the Battle of Hampden, September 3, 1814, the British were already familiar…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"I think all the people that fought in the Civil War were really brave. One of the men that was part of the Civil War from Lincoln was William…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… Aroostook War (also known as the “Pork and Beans War” and the “Lumberjack War”), I would be nervous if I was a wife to one of the men that went to…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"World War I had a impact in my life because some of my family members were sent to fight and one of them returned home."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… of the town, who during the American Revolution stood against the English king, George III. Back to Early Settlement Continue to The War of 1812"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… moved or destroyed and today there are no visible signs that the park was ever in operation. Back to the War of 1812 Continue to Changing Times"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"Turn of the Century to the War of 1812 The 1800s welcomed a plethora of economic and demographic changes for the District of Maine."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Changing Times

"Before World War II, most of the men in Hampden still worked within the town’s boundaries. With only a few exceptions, virtually all of the people…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"In 1763 the French and Indian Wars ended with the Paris Peace Treaty which ensured the safety of settlers from attack."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"There were other veterans of the War living in Hampden, but it is believed that they most likely settled in the area after the War."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… for a brief period at the beginning of World War I when Hampden’s shipbuilders were pressed into service to build the four mast schooner Katherine…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… events which occurred within it during the last war with Great Britain.” (History of Penobscot County Maine with illustrations and biographical…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… Park began to fade with the progression of World War I and the arrival of the automobile, which allowed area residents freedom to travel farther…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… for a brief period at the beginning of World War I when Hampden’s shipbuilders were pressed into service to build the four mast schooner Katherine…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… years of the second fire, the events of the Civil War called away so many young men that the school once again declined and did not regain the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"Roger was in the actual fighting of the war and flew many combat missions in a P-38 fighter plane. Roger and his P-51 plane has been talked about…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Works Cited

"Hampden Historical Society. Historical Sketches of the Town of Hampden, Maine. Ellsworth, Maine: The Ellsworth American, 1976. Hansord-Miller, Frank."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"That year he settled in Garland, where he devoted most of the balance of his life to ministering and teaching."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… Summer Street No neighborhood is more reminiscent of Hampden’s 19th century past than that of Summer Street, bordered on the east by the Penobscot…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… on a warm summer's afternoon, at about the time of the Bangor Fair, I think of a happening from my early days on Short Wharf Road."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - About Us

"The MCHP grows out of the Maine Memory Network, the Maine Historical Society’s nationally recognized statewide digital museum."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"However, in 1918-19, some of the competitors were Winterport Athletic Assoc., Bangor YMCA, Searsport Athletic Assoc., Mattanawcook Academy, and the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Some of the buttons are indented, while others are shaped like small balls. The well-known pie crust buttons are scattered throughout the bag- easy…"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"The actual drum that Nathaniel Bodwell used was in the family for years until it was stolen. I can't imagine sending my very own son to go off to…"