Editing Denmark, Maine (section)

==History==
[[File:Civil War Monument - Denmark, Maine.JPG|thumb|left|Denmark American Civil War Monument]]

The land was once part of Pequawket (now [[Fryeburg, Maine|Fryeburg]]), village of the Sokokis [[Abenaki]] [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indians]]. Attacked by Captain [[John Lovewell (Junior)|John Lovewell]] in 1725 during [[Dummer's War]], the tribe abandoned the area and fled to [[Canada]]. The township combined a grant made by the [[Massachusetts General Court]] to [[Fryeburg Academy]], [[Foster's Gore]] and a strip from [[Brownfield, Maine|Brownfield]]. Several settlers came from [[Andover, Massachusetts|Andover]], [[Massachusetts]]. It was incorporated as Denmark on February 20, 1807, and named in a show of solidarity with [[Denmark]]. That country's capital, [[Copenhagen]], was attacked in 1801 and 1807 by the [[Royal Navy]], which in 1775 had attacked [[Portland, Maine|Portland]].<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book  | last = Coolidge  | first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield  | title = A History and Description of New England| publisher = A.J. Coolidge  | year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n138 104]–105| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.  }}</ref>

Farmers found the soil to be very stony and sandy, producing fair yields of [[potato]]es, [[Maize|corn]] and [[oats]]. But the town did have excellent [[water power]]s at the streams, and [[watermill|mills]] were established to manufacture [[grain]], long [[lumber]], [[barrel|barrel staves]], [[window sash|sashes]], [[window shutter|blinds]] and [[door]]s. Denmark Village was established at the foot of Moose Pond, whose outlet, Moose Pond Brook, provided the best water-power site.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120711000447/http://history.rays-place.com/me/denmark-me.htm George J. Varney, "History of Denmark, Maine" (1886)]</ref> Today, the town is site of [[summer camp]]s. Camp Wyonegonic, founded 1902, is the oldest girls' camp in the country. Also in Denmark is Camp Walden, established in 1916. Founded in 1994, the Denmark Arts Center is the latest addition to the town's culture.