Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Baker River, or Asquamchumauke, is a 36.4-mile-long (58.6 km) in the region of , the . It rises on the south side of and runs south and east to empty into the in . The river traverses the towns of , , and . It is part of the . The Baker River's name recalls Lt. Thomas Baker (1682 1753), whose company of 34 scouts from passed down the river's valley in 1712 and destroyed a Pemigewasset Indian village. It was along this river on April 28, 1752 that and Amos Eastman were captured by warriors and taken to , near . John Stark's brother escaped, and David Stinson was killed during the .