Category: Transportation, Rail
Item 1169
Old Orchard Street, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
Item 1216
Knightville Square, South Portland, ca. 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1924 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Somerset Railroad
The Somerset Railroad was completed in 1872. It started out as a dream to link the Maine Coast with Canadian businesses to the north. It ran from the North Woods around Moosehead Lake down to Southern Maine and back again for 56 years.
Site Page
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"John R Braden Presque Isle Historical Society If one were to look up when standing in front of the ticket booth at the Braden Theatre on Main…"
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
Story
How Mon-Oncle France came to Les-États
by Michael Parent
How Mon-Oncle France came to the United States.
Lesson Plan
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.
