Hiram, Maine
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Hiram is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,609 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Hiram, East Hiram, South Hiram and Durgintown. Located among the rugged
Great Falls, Saco River in 1869
Bucknell House c. 1915, built in 1792 near the Saco
Mt. Cutler House in 1909, early stage stop and hotel
Railroad bridge across the Saco River in 1916
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely t
Hiram, Maine
…Charles Cleaves Cole, federal judge Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet Peleg Wadsworth, general, founded Hiram…
An 1868 portrait of Longfellow by Julia Margaret Cameron
Birthplace of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland, Maine, c. 1910; the house was demolished in 1955.
Mary Storer Potter became Longfellow's first wife in 1831 and died four years later.
After a seven-year courtship, Longfellow married Frances Appleton in 1843