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OF the numerous and beautiful towns and cities along the banks of the great Kennebee, the progressive and delightful town of Richmond Maine is worthy of special mention in many respects. Richmond Maine one of the earliest places settled in Maine, and in the Kennebec valley; as early as 1649, Christopher Lawson bought this whole region from the Indians for a mere song, and in 1651 he sold it again to Messrs. Clark & Lake who settled here about the same time Gardiner was being settled. During the French and Indian wars in the early part of the eighteenth century, Richmond was one of the most important points strategically on the whole frontier. Fort Richmond was built in 1719 and 1720, and up to the close of the wars it was the defensive center and place of refuge for this whole central section of the Kennebec valley. It was twice attacked by the Indians, once in 1722, and again in 1750, and successfully repelled them each time. After the cessation of the French and Indian wars it enjoyed comparative quiet and steady growth up to the time of the Revolution, when military matters again held full sway. After the Revolution, in which it joined with entire devotion and patriotism, it again continued to grow steadily up to the first decade of the present century, when for a time, and until the influence of the war of 1812 had been largely recovered from, a depression in the growth of the town intervened; but as the larger business in the river, especially through the introduction of the steamboat in the third and following decades of the century, developed its industries, Richmond again felt the spirit of growth and progresse4 rapidly for a time. At the time of the Civil War it had reached nearly its present extent, and it entered into that struggle with its old time enthusiasm and devotion. It spared neither men nor money, and all contributed to the advance of the national cause. Its soldiers enlisted mainly in the 11th, 14th, 15th, 24th, 28th and 29th regiments, and performed gallant service in the great campaigns throughout the war. The town has worthily commemorated the great memories of those who died in the war. Since the war the progress of the town, though interrupted by the vari ous panics of the last two decades, has been in the main steady and increasing.
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