{"id":18500,"date":"2020-11-25T16:38:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T21:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/?page_id=18500"},"modified":"2021-04-01T15:46:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T19:46:52","slug":"hiram","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/western-maine\/oxford\/hiram\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Welcome to Hiram!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"18503\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18503\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/11\/120912087-Copy1-180x248-2.jpg\" alt=\"Welcome to Hiram\" width=\"180\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/11\/120912087-Copy1-180x248-2.jpg 180w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/11\/120912087-Copy1-180x248-2-102x140.jpg 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"image-attribution\">Maine an Encyclopedia<\/span>Welcome to Hiram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The town of Hiram was settled in the late 1700s and incorporated in 1814, and exchanged lands with neighboring towns several times before reaching its current size. The town is named after the biblical King Hiram of Tyre. Hiram was once a stage stop on the Pequawket Trail connecting the Native American settlement at Pequawket (now Fryeburg) to coastal settlements, and was once connected to Bridgton via the Bridgton and Saco River Railroad line. <a href=\"https:\/\/townofhiram.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> to visit the official town website.<\/p>\n<h3>Fun Facts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the town&#8217;s most notable early residents was General Peleg Wadsworth, who led forces and was captured in the Revolutionary War battle at Castine. Another notable person was Peleg&#8217;s grandson, the famous poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who spent his childhood summers in Hiram (<a href=\"https:\/\/maineanencyclopedia.com\/hiram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/western-maine\/oxford\/\">Return to Oxford County Lakes Page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Hiram! The town of Hiram was settled in the late 1700s and incorporated in 1814, and exchanged lands with neighboring towns several times before reaching its current size. The town is named after the biblical King Hiram of Tyre. 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