Maine Memory Network

William Pitt Preble, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Daguerreotype

William Pitt Preble, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Tintype

Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding

Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… Compromise: A Moral Dilemma William P. Preble to William King regarding Missouri Compromise, Portland, 1820 Although delighted by the arrival…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… as the separationist delegation led by William Preble claimed an inaccuracy in the meaning of the term "majority." In response to Preble's faulty…"

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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