In autumn, the hills in this Down East community take on brilliant colors, glowing red and casting a certain irony on the name of this particular town. First settled in the 1760s by soldiers granted land for their service in the French and Indian Wars, the picturesque hamlet sits on elevated acres above a bay of the same name. In the late 1890s mining of copper and zinc was a going concern here, and the area’s granite was also much sought after, built into such eminent structures as the New York Stock Exchange and the Brooklyn Bridge. Residents tend to be a devoted bunch; when a Canadian company tried to set up another mine here in the 1970s it was run out of town. More recently the village famously forced Rite Aid to make its big box store blend in with all of the early American architecture downtown. Like any pretty spot, the community has drawn potters and writers and musicians, from a world-famous violinist who set up a school to a world-famous folk singer who set up a radio station in his chicken coop. Send us a note if you can identify this colorful knoll at P.O. Box 679, Camden, ME 04843; whip off an e-mail to editorial@downeast.com; or post a comment at www.DownEast.com. Photograph by Susan Cole Kelly.