Looking Back
Barbara F. Dyer has lived all her life, so far, in Camden and is the official town historian.
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First issue of The Camden Herald
By Barbara F. Dyer - Jul 15One thing we cannot get along without is the local paper, The Camden Herald. It was started long ago on Saturday, Jan. 30, 1869 because we wanted ...
Miller, Millerism, Millerite Ledges
By Barbara F. Dyer - Jun 09As I have written some about Camden's neighbor, Rockport, today I want to tell you about a story from another close neighbor, Lincolnville. It is ...
Camden honor roll
By Barbara F. Dyer - May 05It is about time I write the history of the Camden honor rolls. I write the article because it not only is Camden history, but because unfortunatel...
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Making history
By Barbara F. Dyer - Mar 31Growing up in a small Midcoast town in Maine during the 1920s and 1930s, we lived in the Great Depression and Prohibition, but thought it was ...
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The Perry family
By Barbara F. Dyer - Feb 24There are many people laid to rest at Mountain View Cemetery about whom I have not yet written, and one prominent group is the Perry family. So I ...
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Just an opinion
By Barbara F. Dyer - Dec 22Don't blame it on my age, but I guess it comes from looking back. It seems that I, (as a customer) have to do all the work that others get paid ...
Schools and changing times
By Barbara Dyer - Nov 24Having lived in this beautiful village all my life, I have seen so many changes from when the population was 3,000 to now of about 5,000. My ...
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1964 — What a year
By Barbara F. Dyer - Oct 27To many, a certain year stands out, but in researching some papers, its seems to me that 1964 had many things happening in Camden and other places ...
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Susan B. Anthony
By Barbara F. Dyer - Sep 22It is not long before we vote again for a new president. We have watched all the debates to eliminate many and the debate between Hillary Clinton ...
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Jennie French Potter is found
By Barbara F. Dyer - Aug 11We haven't written about a shipwreck in quite some time, and you know that is one of my favorite subjects. About 15 years ago the wreckage of the ...
Remembering Mary E. Taylor
By Barbara F. Dyer - Jul 01Because the hot topic of local news in Camden today is the $26 million edifice to be built for the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades from Camden ...
More Perry family
By Barbara Dyer - May 27Many of the Perry families lived in Camden or nearby and were prolific. Also I find they were very intelligent, and knew how to make money that ...
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An unforgettable party
By Barbara Dyer - Apr 01In the days of the Great Depression, children did not have a birthday party each year, nor the extravaganzas they have today. In our home I ...
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Town report of 1921
By Barbara F. Dyer - Mar 11Most all of us are interested in town affairs, or at least should be, so I find myself looking at a Town Report of 1921. It is always nice to find ...
Who's Who at Mountain View: Howard Gilley
By Barbara F. Dyer - Feb 09This week is about another person at Mountain View Cemetery. I nearly put myself in there, when I fell backwards from the steps on to a paved ...
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WWII and the Class of 1940
By Barbara F. Dyer - Dec 08The last article I wrote wrote was about graduation of the Class of 1940. Because it was long ago and much different in the schools today, I chose ...
Camden photographers
By Barbara F. Dyer - Nov 10Photographers were a necessity in Camden a few years ago, but not in today's world. Most people have a digital cameras and to print pictures ...
Capt. Albert W. Rich
By Barbara Dyer - Oct 13As I wrote information and stories about the people at Mountain View Cemetery, who made Camden, and actually had two books of "Who's Who at ...
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Just my opinion
By Barbara F. Dyer - Aug 25If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have luck at all. My dear brother used to say when things went wrong, “Dyer luck.” He had a wonderful sense ...
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Camden elections, town meeting 1908
By Barbara Dyer - Jul 14Well, many things do change, as time marches on. Town meeting was in March for many years. It gave inhabitants a lot to talk about over the long ...
