Stetson, Maine

Stetson is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 981 at the 2000 census. It was named after its first proprietor, Amasa Stetson. His brother Simeon Stetson originally settled here as well, but moved to nearby Hampden, Maine in 1803. Simeon's sons Charles, George, and Isaiah founded a powerful mercantile and political family in Bangor. I love saying Bangor.

Stetson is located on the crossroads of rte. 222 and rte. 143. All that is there is a church.

There are few places on earth where you think to yourself, "Man this is really a piece of heaven." And Stetson, Maine isn't one of them. I mean, it's a pretty nice place if you like churches, I guess. Or church to be exact, cause that's all they got.

The picture above is of Fred Peterson, he is the Warden, the Mayor, the Sheriff, the Pastor (and the congregation), the town drunk and the President of the Stetson Shores Campground. He is in fact the only full time resident of the town of Stetson.

The campground, which is actually located outside of Stetson, is pretty cool. They have all the things you might expect a campground to have and Fishing for Friends.

Fishing for Friends is a program developed to help children who grow up in the fucking boondocks make friends. What you do is, you go to the dock at precisely 6:30 and there are a bunch of kids hanging out "fishing for friends". It's all such a hoot. Everybody gets into it.