About Fryeburg Maine (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

Fryeburg is a town in Oxford County, Maine, USA. The population was 3,083 at the 2000 census. Fryeburg is home to Fryeburg Academy, a private preparatory school established in 1792. It is also home to the Fryeburg Fair, which each October attracts approximately 60,000 visitors.

Settled in 1762, Fryeburg began as a strategic frontier outpost. Its founder, British General Joseph Frye, secured the lands upon which the town sits from local Algonquians and their French trading partners, at that time both enemies of the Crown. Excellent soil helped it develop into a prosperous agricultural center. On the eve of American independence, the royal colony of Maine granted township privileges to Fryeburg. These were recognized and validated by the Continental American government on January 11, 1777, when Fryeburg was incorporated.

Many historical events have occurred in the Fryeburg community. They include several skirmishes between the Pequawkets, a regional Abenaki tribe, and British expeditionary forces under the command of Capt. John Lovewell. Before his career as a statesman, Daniel Webster taught for a year at Fryeburg Academy, one of the oldest in the nation. Another prominent resident was Clarence E. Mulford, creator of Hopalong Cassidy.

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