Person/Organization: Baxter, James Phinney
Item 20293
Graves of Baxter animals, Mackworth Island, 1953
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1953-04-19 Location: Falmouth Media: Photographic print
Item 58341
James Phinney Baxter, Portland, 1908
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1883 Location: Portland; Gorham Media: Oil
Exhibit
J.A. Poor and the Portland-Montreal Connection
John A. Poor's determination in 1845 to bring rail service to Maine and to make Portland the winter port for Montreal, along with the steel foundry he started to build locomotives and many other products, helped boost the economy of Portland the state.
