Auburn Maine was settled much later than many New England communities and towns. The Androscoggin River was hard to navigate and slowed early exploration. Auburn had small villages in the 1780's that sought land for potatoes, apples, wheat, and rye. The early 1880's saw a boom in water driven industries such as saw mills, grist mills, tanning mills, and pulling mills.

In 1836, Minot Shoe Company opened which became the first of many shoe factories to be in the area, continuing up to modern times. Auburn officially became a town in 1842. 

Although no longer makes 2,000,000 pairs of shoes a year as in 1871 (the shoe industry has greatly declined for the area), Auburn continued economic growth in modern times with large employers including Maine Milling, Pioneer Plastics, General Electric and Tambrands. Today Auburn is a mixture of old: small town folks still looking forward to hunting and fishing, enjoying local food favorites such as lobster and blueberries, and a lifestyle that must seem antiquated to many "city folks", and new: Central Maine Technical College offers education in many computer related fields such as networking and internet routing. 

Auburn is also consistently underneath a chemtrail sky and no one is saying why.

So, welcome to Auburn.