Keywords: Utah (Ship)
Item 40443
USS "Utah" crew members marching, Portland, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 102084
Carl Milliken, Charles B. Clark and Naval Officers at the Maine Centennial, Portland, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
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"Coupled with two U.S. battleships, the USS Utah and USS Florida, naval representation spanned three continents, further demonstrating the First World…"
