Looking Back
Barbara F. Dyer has lived all her life, so far, in Camden and is the official town historian.
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Death and taxes
By Barbara F. Dyer - Sep 27You have heard the old saying, “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” We can all vouch for that, as both hit us from time to time. The Camden ...
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Mason's Amity Lodge 6
By Barbara F. Dyer - Sep 06In this vicinity, we are fortunate to have many nice service organizations, even though there were many more before the television was invented. ...
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Gone But Not Forgotten
By Barbara F Dyer - Aug 09With the tourist season in full swing, “Where the mountains meet the sea” will never change because of the natural beauty that Camden has to ...
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The Camden Fire Department
By Barbara F. Dyer - Jul 12Because the Atlantic Engine Company No. 2 is trying to raise money for thermal imaging equipment, maybe it is time to explain the origin of the ...
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Graduation
By Barbara F. Dyer - Jun 21It is graduation time again, and a time for students to sprout and spread their wings in a new direction. Today, that direction will be for ...
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Accent the positive, eliminate the negative
By Barbara F. Dyer - May 18Many probably remember that popular song of a few years ago, and that is the secret of life; to think positive and refuse to think negative. There ...
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Hill Acres
By Barbara F. Dyer - Apr 26Chestnut Street was always one of the nicest streets in Camden. In the 1930s , when one reached Highland Avenue, most of the houses from there to ...
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Names of Camden Streets
By Barbara F. Dyer - Apr 12When you live in a town all your life and walked everywhere you needed to go, you get to know all the streets. You think little about how they ...
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Sagamore Farms history
By Barbara F. Dyer - Mar 22Joseph B. Stearns was a self-made man, who built the “castle” on Atlantic Highway which was previously called The Belfast Road. Actually it is 61 ...
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Tempus Fugit
By Barbara F. Dyer - Feb 22One day you awake to find you are a “senior citizen” or beyond. The saying is “Time passes quickly when you are having fun,” or just plain too ...
Camden in the mid-1950s
By Barbara F. Dyer - Sep 20Because I have always lived in Camden, I love to reflect back in time to remember what was going on, that has now changed. Believe me, much of it ...
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Megunticook National Bank
By Barbara F. Dyer - Aug 23This is a story I have never mentioned before that is Camden history, but has an unfortunate side. Many of you have probably never heard of the ...
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Courageous people from Camden
By Barbara F. Dyer - Jul 26Looking back about 114 years ago, when I was not here and neither were you, but I have knowledge of some very hard-working and courageous people, ...
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A Little Maritime History
By Barbara F. Dyer - Jun 28“From grey sea-fog, from icy drift From peril and from pain, The home-bound fisherman greets thy lights O hundred-harboured Maine!” When John ...
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Chestnut Street's Wilson Family's Lasting Legacy
By Barbara F. Dyer - May 24Most people have a favorite year they remember, and mine was at the age of 10 when we moved to 98 Chestnut St. It was the first time I had lived ...
The Infamous, Unforgettable 'Peyton Place'
By Barbara F. Dyer - May 10This morning I had a call from a lady who was writing about the filming of the movie “Peyton Place” in Camden. It happened 61 years ago this ...
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1949 News
By Barbara F. Dyer - Apr 19Sometimes it is most interesting to peruse old Camden Heralds, because they have been keeping us up on the local news since 1869. Some days I go ...
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History of Hoboken
By Barbara F. Dyer - Apr 05The Harkness family settled in the now Rockport area. In 1848 Ephraim Harkness sold land to Goose River (as it was called before Rockport), so ...
The Early Eaton family
By Barbara F. Dyer - Mar 08Joseph Eaton Sr. was born in Bristol, Maine in 1743, and was one of Camden's first settlers. He received quite a parcel of land and his home was ...
Bits and pieces
By Barbara F. Dyer - Feb 08Many interesting things have happened in Camden over the years, and perhaps, just perhaps, you never heard about them. So I shall skip around some ...
