This post is the story of W. S Libbey: The Man and His Mill by THE LIBBEY GRANDCHILDREN
As taken from a multi-page copy sent to me by Mary Libbey Conley.
W. Scott Libbey - Born in Avon, Maine, in 1851,
he moved to Lewiston in 1873, working for the Western Union for
$65 per month. He became Lewiston's foremost industrialist in
the post-Civil War period.
The first generation of Libbeys to come to Lewiston apparently never threw anything away - either letters or opportunities. In seeking information about the first Winfield Scott Libbey, a century of accumulated diaries, photographs and clippings came to light. These documents trace his career as the city's most dynamic industrialist during Lewiston's post-Civil War period of economic expansion., a classic case of the poor country boy who came to town and made good.
He was born in Avon, Maine in 1851, the second son of Asa and Joanna Powers Libbey. Although the boy's family soon moved to West Waterville, where he spent his youth, his birthplace on the side of Mt. Blue seems to have held almost a mystic meaning to Scott Libbey throughout his life. In his later years, he spoke of it often, returned there when he could, and chose his summer home on a hill at Wayne partly because it commanded such a superb view of Mt. Blue. It almost appeared that there was a symbolic connection between the steady upward climb of his life and the upward slope of this bright mountain. Appropriately, a lovely stained glass window depicting Mt. Blue marks his last resting place at Lewiston's Riverside Cemetery.
Indian Raids - His father, Asa, a fifth-generation Maine man, was a descendant of one John Libby who settled on the Maine coast near Black Point in about 1630. The earliest Libbys (Libbeys) must have been tough stock as they survived an Indian raid in which their home and farm were destroyed. After the Indian wars, they returned to Black Point where they rebuilt and prospered. Along with political and milling interests, they continued to work the Maine soil until Asa's generation.
Asa, though he farmed his own land outside of Waterville, had attended college, studied medicine, and taught school. His correspondence in Greek with his future wife is among the Libbey papers. He was an intensely political man, frequently denouncing in his letters President Grant and the corrupt "Granites." His decided political views are revealed in his choice of a name for his second son. General Winfield Scott's skill in negotiating a favorable settlement between the United States and Canada in 1842, after their boundary dispute, had made him a hero to the Maine people of Asa's generation; thus many boys throughout the state found themselves being christened Winfield Scott in his honor. However, Asa always referred to his son as "Scott" and Winfield was reduced to the mere initial "W".
Scott's father was also a deeply religious man and his letters contain frequent quotations from scriptures. His firm advice was to "Read the Bible and attend a meeting." But down-to-earth comments about the state of his crops, the weather, and the farm animals were the most frequently recurring theme. For example: "I stuck my foot under Butch Bates' old lop-horned cow's hoof last night and she dragged me across the barn floor into the horse stall. I fell a little lame today." he wrote that at age 75.
Farming Boyhood - Young Scott spent his boyhood on his parent's farm where the repair of machinery gave him his earliest mechanical training. Here, too, he developed his passion for the out-of-doors, skating, shooting, football, and, above all else, baseball. Years later, Justice Spears, a school friend, in recalling that Scott had played a truly inspired shortstop, remarked that the "habit he formed of getting there had followed him all his life."
At 19, the young man entered Coburn Classical Institute of Waterville, where, under the inspired guidance of "Papa" Hanson, he excelled equally in studies and sports. His lasting fondness for the school led him, in middle life, to become a trustee and to donate an athletic field, which was named for him.
While in Waterville he studied law briefly at the office of G. T. Stevens. He also taught himself telegraphy by closely observing the telegraph operator at the train depot. This exciting new means of rapid communication obviously appealed to a lively mind already open to fresh ideas. Four months later he was sent to Auburn as a telegrapher with the Western Union Telegraph Company. The next few years saw him in their Newburyport office, then in West Waterville, but his goal was Lewiston which he had already sized up as a place with a considerable future.
Taking a Wife - Moving to Lewiston in 1873 he worked for the Western Union for $65 per month, living comfortably enough in local boarding houses. But his promotion to manager in 1877 convinced him that he was sufficiently well-established to consider getting married. His letters to Annie E. Shaw, agent of Lisbon's Farnsworth Mill, leave no doubt in the reader's mind that he was bowled over by the charms of this young lady. Romance in those days seems to have had a more practical foundation than it has now because one gets the impression that his choice of a wife received as much careful planning and wise exertion as did any of his strictly business ventures.
Annie was then a schoolteacher in Auburn, as strong-minded a person as her husband-to-be. Soon after meeting her, he initiated a correspondence which, however sincere, could hardly be called sprightly. His letter to her in 1876 began as follows: "It is with many misgivings that I allow myself to pen this little note yet my fears that it might not be acceptable to you are mitigated by the knowledge that it is not prompted in the slightest by questionable motives." How could a girl resist?
Even after they became engaged, the letters were as labored as ever...perhaps more so when he tried for a lighter touch. a month later he felt so much at ease that he could write: "Although I have the reputation of being unusually sedated, yet really I'm not. I'm really jolly when my companions are such that I can feel free to unmask myself. I'm not a minister but a rogue."Somehow his letters must have convinced Annie - as his prospects apparently impressed her father - and they were married on May 23, 1877.
Difficult Years - They lived in cramped quarters for three years because Scott had invested most of his savings in a Lincoln Street tenement house, which he maintained himself, as a money-saving measure. Only in 1880 did he feel ready to start building their fine house, well outside the city, at the corner of Sabattus and Nicholas Street, Lewiston.
Their first son, Truman, died only a month after his birth in a diphtheria epidemic and this was a bitter blow to the young couple. They both suffered from an incredible variety of ailments in that period before immunizations and antibiotics, - when one epidemic after the other swept through the community. When two more sons and two daughters completed their family, Annie's journals. which she kept for 53 years, describing one medical crisis after another. Their eventual survival sounds like something of a miracle.
Scott, meanwhile, still managed the telegraph office, even achieving brief fame for taking 6,000 words of a presidential address without a break, but his restless ambitions were leading him into other ventures at the same time. In his position as a telegrapher, he was always the first man in Lewiston to know what was going on in the nation and the world. His contemporaries must have credited him with almost uncanny foresight, which he always applied to his business ventures.
Greeting Papa - The Sabattus Street Home
Three years after his marriage to Annie Shaw, Scott Libbey began
construction of the family home at the corner of Sabattus and Nichols Streets,
Lewiston. This photograph was taken in 1901... 11 years after the home was
built...shows the Libbey children, Gertrude, Harold, and Alla, running down
Sabattus Street in front of the house to welcome Papa. The house still
remains at the site, but things have changed a great deal from this scene of
gravel street, horse and buggy, and the gas light on the corner.
Varied Ventures - Back in Lewiston, he developed several new interests including a small business supplying sawmills and bobbin manufacturers with timber, much of which he had to seek out in the woods himself. This brought much worry but valuable experience and sufficient profit to finish Annie's dream house. For several more years, money remained scarce and the young couple stretched their income by renting out their upper rooms and growing vegetables to eat and sell.
With advice from his father-in-law, Scott next turned his attention to textile manufacturing. He first bought a small cotton mill in North Auburn and with the receipts from this proceeded to restore a moribund woolen mill in the town of Vassalboro to a successful operation. Every Saturday night, after closing the Western Union office, he traveled by train to Vassalboro, worked there all day Sunday, then took the two-hour return trip, and was back in time for work on Monday morning.
Such toil is foreign to our contemporary modern marriages and wouldn't have survived it but Annie, in her own realm, was as dauntless a worker as her husband. When she wasn't boiling mountains of wash or baking a batch of 13 squash pies on an unpredictable wood stove, she found time to make all her family's clothing - including a pair of trousers for her husband, for which he paid her 25 cents.
Hunting Party at the Farm in Wayne - With the continuing success of the
Lewiston textile business, Scott Libbey was able to purchase a farm in
Wayne, a favorite hunting retreat. This group of bird hunters includes
four friends from the Lewiston-Auburn area, listed only as, l to r;
Stern, Cobb, Day, and Hunnewell, with Scott Libbey at the right
and his son, Harold, in front of the dogs.
Family Outing to Libbey's Birthplace - Scott Libbey made frequent trips to
the beloved site of his birth at Mount Blue, the 3,000-foot peak that is
now the focal point of Mount Blue State Park at Weld, 15 miles northwest
of Farmington. Here, the family stands at the remains of the house where
Libbey was born on August 27, 1851. From left is: Alla, the second-born
daughter; Scott Libbey holding Scott Jr. on his shoulder; his wife, Annie;
Gertrude, their first daughter; O.M. Goding, a guide, Harold,
the older son also was along on the expedition....behind the camera.
Financing the Mill - Having proved his ability to run a mill at Vassalboro, Libbey next undertook the management of a loss-making mill at East Dover, Maine. Working capital was always a problem for him in those early days, but help in buying the lease at East Dover came from two sources. The Deering-Milliken firm of textile agents in New York was always seeking new sources of woven goods to sell and was willing to advance money, at interest, to a proven operator in exchange for the right to handle the cream of his output.
Another, and in this case, local source of capital was his friend Henry Dingley, the son of Congressman Nelson Dingley, whose family had amassed a fortune in the publishing business. Henry had an office in the "Journal" Building at 14 Lisbon Street, the same building occupied by the Western Union office. Since the "Journal" depended on the telegraph for all but local news, this was a convenient arrangement for both concerns. Thrown together in the same premises, Scott and Henry soon recognized in each other the qualities that produced successful men and entered a longstanding friendship and partnership that was only dissolved after Scott's death.
Separation - By this time, Libbey's full-time presence was required at the East Dover mill, but he was never one to burn his bridges. He kept his job at the Western Union office through the unusual expedient of employing a substitute to do the work in his absence. Meanwhile, separated from his family except for summers and occasional weekends, his frequent letters, though more practical than sentimental, revealed the intensity of his devotion to his children.
Annie's replies, along with news of the "awful cunning" children were full of trenchant details about rents, troublesome tenants, and the like. By stretching his health and his capabilities to their fullest extent he turned the East Dover Woolen Mill into a profitable venture and gladly returned home after three years' absence.
At last, in 1888, all the young couple's sacrifices must have seemed worthwhile, for in that year Libbey took his greatest step forward by purchasing the Cumberland Woolen Mill in Lewiston, again with the financial backing of Henry Dingley. Now, finally, he felt free to resign from his job as a telegrapher and devote himself full-time to mill management.
Twin Cities Travelers in Mexico - W. Scott Libbey was a man on the go. He
traveled often to check out new ideas and business prospects, and his varied
interests sometimes resulted in unlikely tangents such as setting up a
successful bakery in Mexico City which he ran for some years from Lewiston.
Scott Libbey, on the right, and Henry Dingley, left, are shown here on one of
their trips to Mexico.
The Dam Builders - Almost daily trips to the construction site of the
Libbey-Dingley Dam provided a close father-son bond for W. Scott Libbey
and young Scott, shown here ready to leave the front of the mill for the trip
upriver. The two Scott Libbeys were active participants in the construction
throughout the three-year work period.
A small incident at this time gives insight into the character of this farm boy turned industrialist. Soon after buying the huge Lincoln Mill, empty except for obsolete machinery, there was a bumper crop of potatoes in Aroostook County....such a glut, in fact, that the farmers could not sell their surplus potato starch. Libbey bought several carloads of the starch, stored it in the empty mill, and, of course, sold it at a good profit when the market returned to normal. These profits helped to finance the new machinery with which he now fitted out the mill.
It had long been Libbey's ambition to own this mill, not merely because its acquisition meant increased manufacturing capacity, but also because it opened for him still another door. For years, his reading and travels had focused on the possibilities of water power. In fact, it was in connection with his search for water power in the village of Wayne that he found the farm which he eventually bought there. With the purchase of the Lincoln Mill came water-power rights, roughly one thousand horsepower, to which he had first priority ahead of the Union Water Power Company.
New Horizons - The way now lay open to him to expand in the direction where his deepest interest lay, towards the production of electricity, long foreseen by him as the shaper of the modern era.
Proof of his early interest in electricity and of his inventiveness can still be seen in the water-power governor preserved in his old office at the Libbey Mill. (This office, incidentally, is maintained in its turn-of-the-century splendor, extravagantly decorated by Harry Cochrane, the most gifted designer of his time.)
At this point, Libbey purchased the American Light and Power Company and the Lewiston and Auburn Electric Light Company, both of which he consolidated under the latter name.
Work on the Dam at Deer Rips - Construction of the Libbey-Dingley Dam
on the Androscoggin River, two miles above the mill was the culmination
of Scott Libbey's intense interest in the field of hydroelectricity power
generation. For three years, crews of laborers, many from Italy, worked
on the project. This view shows early progress in July 1902 from the
Lewiston side of the river. Power from the dam was to be used by the mills
with the surplus capacity to be used by the Twin Cities in their
rapidly moving conversion from gas to electric lights and from horse-drawn
trolleys to electric cars.
Built to Last - The W. S. Libbey Co. Mill - For more than 130 years, this
structure has been a familiar sight from North Bridge across the Androscoggin
River. The tower at the front of the building is still a prominent landmark.
The mill was built in 1845 and operated for some years by the
Franklin Company was the Lincoln Mill manufacturer of cotton goods. W. Scott
Libbey and Harry Dingley purchased the mill in the early 1890s and its
multistory design continues to offer certain advantages to the present
W. S. Libbey Co.
From 1902 to 1904 large crews of workers, most of them straight from Italy labored on the huge construction project which was designed to supply power to the mills and also to produce surplus power to sell to a region now rapidly converting from gas to electric light and from horse-drawn trolleys to electric cars. Pictures taken during the summers of 1902 and 1903 show a jubilant Scott, Sr. with small Scott, Jr., driving their horse and buggy almost daily to the dam site where both often took an active part in the operations.
After the dam's completion in 1904 Libbey was appointed to Governor Cobb's council where he saved the state thousands of dollars by his astute purchase of the Pinelands Centre at Pownal. during those years, he often drove to Augusta with his daughter Alla in his fascinating new "toy", the automobile. Despite dusty or muddy roads and many mechanical failures, he persisted in buying one automobile after another, including Lewiston's first Rambler. Arthur Staples wrote a witty piece in the "Journal" describing an unforgettable drive with him, charging across open country in his 1907 Stanley Steamer. This car somehow has survived to the present day.
Libbey Forum, Bates College - In 1909 Scott Libbey gave Bates College the
Libbey Forum at the corner of College Street and Mountain Avenue,
Lewiston. Before starting this project, Mr. Libbey, with his family, traveled
throughout Europe studying buildings. The graceful building,
seen here, shows a Japanese influence. (Staff photo by George Wardwell,
Chief Photographer Sun-Journal.)
He was an inveterate traveler. One trip to Central America involved him in the fruit-growing business. But surely the most unusual result of his travels was the setting up of a successful bakery in Mexico City. He ran this cracker factory from Lewiston for some years and on one of his business trips to Mexico he brought back a Mexican nursemaid. She taught Spanish to young Scott and must have seemed an exotic novelty in the Lewiston of that time.
"Magnolia" - Seen on a bridge spanning Little Androscoggin with the inspection
party. This picture of the interurban car "Magnolia" was taken before the
opening of the road in 1914. (From Maine Historical Society files.)
First Run of Interurban Service - This picture was taken on Middle Street,
Lewiston, on July 2, 1914, just before the first run over the road with the
official party and passengers. The Interurban, "Arbutus", named as were
all the cars for flowers, opened a parlor car trolley service between
Portland and Lewiston. Each car was richly and comfortably furnished.
The only car that has survived the service that ceased in 1933 is the
Narcissus. The Narcissus is at the Seashore Trolley Museum in
Kennebunkport, Maine.
(From Maine Historical Society files.)
With the same care and precision he had devoted to all his affairs, Libbey conceived of the Interurban as the fastest, quietest, most luxurious transportation yet available. The cedar ties were immense and the roadbed was so carefully constructed that parts of it are still visible between Portland and Gray.
Each richly furnished car was given the name of a flower. Mayflowers were Libbey's favorites, hence the "Arbutus". The line ceased to operate in 1933 and only one car survived, the "Narcissus", which can still be seen at the Kennebunk(port) Trolley Museum.
In May of 1914, Scott Libbey paid the price for years of overwork when he was struck down by a stroke at his beloved summer home in Wayne. Less than two months after his death, the Interurban's first car, filled with family and dignitaries, ran from Lewiston to Portland. It was right on time, but just a little too late for Scott Libbey.
The layout of the Mill in the Early 1900s - This plan was drawn in December of
1901 for fire protection purposes provides a wealth of information about
the mill's operation at the time. Water power was used for machinery and
detailed plans of the rope and pulley drive system are still preserved at the
mill. There were about 75 employees at the mill during this period, with
the note that 15 men were on hand by day available for fire duty.
Lewiston...Auburn Electric Light Company, which had been acquired
by Libbey, occupied the north half of the sub-basement of No. 2 Mill.
Incandescent lights and a few arc lamps were used for illumination.
This story, as told by the Grandchildren of W. S. Libbey, is provided in this post in honor of Mr. Libbey.
W. Scott Libbey, the builder of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban
Photo from Maine's Fast Electric Railroad - Portland-Lewiston
Interurban by O. R. Cummings - September 1, 1967.
We are still in need of funds for creating the interpretation programs that will tell this fascinating 100+-year-old story of the Narcissus. For information on donation options, scroll down this post and find the one that best fits your position. Fund 816 to help with the restoration and Fund 817 (PLI Education-Interpretation programs ) should be noted when making a donation.
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Click Here for the post that has the short virtual 3-D video of the digital model of the Narcissus, with components added to the file from earlier this year (the gold leaf file had not been added yet).
Restoration work continues on the Narcissus. The Narcissus is more than 110 years old now and has so many incredible stories to share. The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one of those incredible stories.
The Narcissus is featured in the national Gold Award-winning novel, Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride. The "Elegant Ride" is the Narcissus. Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914, between Lewiston and Portland, Maine, while campaigning for the Progressive Party candidates.
Independent book publisher, Phil Morse, holding
the Gold Book Award Winner plaque for
the Middle Reader category for The Eric
Hoffer Book Award. Congratulations to
award-winning Maine author,
Jean M. Flahive
Seashore Trolley Museum Promo Video
The paperback edition of Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride can be purchased online through the Seashore Trolley Museum's store website. Books purchased through the Museum's website directly benefit the Museum and the Narcissus project.
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Paperback books are available at these local bookstores in
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Eliot Historical Society, Eliot
Gray Historical Society, Gray
Kennebec Historical Society, Augusta
Letterpress Books, Portland
Maine Historical Society Store, Portland
Morph Gallery & Emporium, Kennebunk
New Gloucester Historical Society, New Gloucester
Roosevelt Campobello International Park, Welshpool, NB, Canada
Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport
Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops, All Locations
Thompson's Orchard, New Gloucester
Winthrop Maine Historical Society, Winthrop
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride
by Jean M. Flahive
Illustrations by Amy J. Gagnon
Listen to a 2-minute, 30-second, Retail Audio Sample of the Audiobook
Millie Thayer is a headstrong farmer's daughter who chases her dreams in a way you would expect a little girl nicknamed "Spitfire" would run full tilt and with her eyes on the stars. Dreaming of leaving the farm life, working in the city, and fighting for women's right to vote, Millie imagines flying away on a magic carpet. One day, that flying carpet shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm. A fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, she finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. Despairing that her dreams may be shattered, Millie learns, in an unexpected way, that dreams can be shared.
A resource for teachers
Companion curriculum State-standard-based units,
vocabulary, and reading activities for use in grades 3-8
are available online as downloadable resources through
Seashore Trolley Museum's website
www.trolleymuseum.org/elegantride/
Maine Historical Society has created eight companion lesson units in Social Studies and ELA that were inspired by Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride - These State-standard-based lesson plans for use in grades 6, 7, and 8 are easily adapted for use in grades 3-5. Vocabulary and Reading activities for grades 3-8 along with the eight lesson plan units are available free and may be downloaded through Seashore Trolley Museum's website www.trolleymuseum.org/elegantride/
Go to the Teacher Resource Page in the pull-down for more details.
A 60-second intro to Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride by author, Jean Flahive
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Award-winning author, Jean M. Flahive
Please Consider a Donation to the Narcissus Project to help us tell the incredible story of the Narcissus through the interpretation portion of the Narcissus Project.
Here is an example of how donations to the Narcissus Project now will help with the interpretation portion of the project. The interpretation programming will include exhibits, displays, and education programming. In 2019, through generous donations to the Narcissus Project, we were able to conserve, replicate, and have high resolutions digital image files made of the original, 1910, 28.5-foot long, surveyor map of the elevation and grade of the 30-mile private right-of-way of the Portland, Gray, and Lewiston Railroad (Portland-Lewiston Interurban) Click Here
Thank You!
the crowd gathered in Gray, Maine on August 18, 1914.
Image courtesy of Gray Historical Society
The Narcissus as the Sabattus Lake Diner in Sabattus, Maine,
circa 1940. Photo by John Coughlin in the Kevin Farrell
Collection at Seashore Trolley Museum
L. Henri Vallee (right) and family members in the
Narcissus, when it was Vallee's summer camp in
Sabattus, Maine circa 1958. Photo courtesy Daniel Vallee
Inside the Donald G. Curry Town House Restoration Shop, the Narcissus is in the midst of major work as we strive to complete its restoration. We are now planning the interpretation portion of the Narcissus Project. Donations to the Narcissus Project may be used in the future to help tell the incredible 100-plus-year-old story of the Narcissus. Your donation to the Narcissus is helping to make the dream of the project's success, a reality.
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Donation Options to Help the Narcissus Project:
The New England Electric Railway Historical Society
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Museum in Lowell (MA).
The New England Electric Railway Historical Society registered with the IRS (EIN# 01-0244457) and was incorporated in Maine in 1941.
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Thank You for our Current Funding Partners
* 20th Century Electric Railway Foundation - 2020/2018 - Major Gift, 2017/2014 Matching Grants
* Renaissance Charitable Foundation (LPCT) by Fiduciary Trust Charitable Giving Fund
* Renaissance Charitable Foundation (LPCT) by Fiduciary Trust Charitable Giving Fund
* Mass Bay RRE - 2018 Railroad Preservation Grant
* Thornton Academy (Saco, ME) - Staff & Alumni - Matching Grant Challenge 2014
* New England Electric Railway Historical Society (Kennebunkport, ME) - Member Donations
* Amherst Railway Society - 2015 Heritage Grant
* National Railway Historical Society - 2016 & 2015 Heritage Preservation Grants
* Enterprise Holding Foundation - 2015 Community Grant
* Theodore Roosevelt Association - Member Donations
* John Libby Family Association and Member Donations
* The Conley Family - In Memory of Scott Libbey 2018/2017/2016/2015
* The W. S. Libbey Family - Awalt, Conley, Graf, Holman, Libbey, McAvoy, McLaughlin, Meldrum, O'Halloran, Salto, - 2018/2017
* The Hughes Family 2017/2016/2010
* New Gloucester Historical Society and Member Donations
* Gray Historical Society and Member Donations
* Gray Public Library Association - Pat Barter Speaker Series
* Scarborough Historical Society - PRR/PLI
* LogMein - Matching Employee Donation
* IBM - Matching Employee/Retiree Donations
* Fidelity Charitable Grant - Matching Employee Donations
* Richard E. Erwin Grant - 2017/2016
The Narcissus, with interior back-lit, stained glass windows is majestic.
Make a donation today to help restore the interior of this Maine gem.
Help Theodore Roosevelt's Maine Ride get back on track! Once restored,
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PWM photo
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Various News stories during the summer of 2015 about the
Narcissus and its connection to Theodore Roosevelt. TR
was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914.
Photo by Patricia Pierce Erikson
The Narcissus - July 31, 2015. Make a donation today.
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