Maine Memory Network

James P. Baxter Jr., Portland, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Photographic print

General Plan for Western Promenade, Portland, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Cottage for Mr. E. W. Baxter, Boston, Mass., 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901 Location: Boston Client: E. W. Baxter Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

C. L. Baxter house alterations, Portland, 1901-1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901–1945 Location: Portland Client: C. L. Baxter Architect: John Calvin Stevens

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.

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"1803 Painted wood Collections of Baxter House Museum, Gorham This handsome sign marked the tavern hotel of Allen Davis (1770-1818) in Gorham."

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars