Skyline Farms Carriage Museum at 2018 Teddy Roosevelt Days Event 7-20 through 7-23-2018

A snow roller on display at the Skyline Farm Carriage

Museum in North Yarmouth, Maine. The Museum will be

lending a couple of horse-drawn vehicles to Seashore

Trolley Museum to have on display during the three-day, 2018

Teddy Roosevelt Days event, to benefit the

Narcissus, July 20, 21 & 22. PWM

A Fundraising Event to Benefit 1912 Portland-Lewiston Interurban,

No. 14, Narcissus. Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger on the

Narcissus on August 18, 1914. The three-day event is hosted by
Seashore Trolley Museum.

2018 Teddy Roosevelt Days

a three-day event  being held

at

Seashore Trolley Museum

Kennebunkport, Maine

July 20, 21, & 22

A Benefit Event For the Narcissus Project

More plans are coming together for the 4th Annual TeddyRoosevelt Days Event at Seashore

      The schedule continues to come together. As in previous years, the fundraising event to benefit the Narcissus Project will kick off with a Friday activity that requires tickets to be purchased in advance for the limited-seating gala opening. The Friday activity will include a reception, trolley rides, a guided tour of the Narcissus, presentations, raffles, a silent auction, and Theodore Roosevelt-related items for sale. All proceeds benefit the restoration and companion interpretation programs (Exhibits & Education Program Development) of the 1912 Portland-Lewiston Interurban, No. 14, Narcissus. Saturday and Sunday activities are open to the public with the purchase of general fund admission tickets to the Museum. More details on the event will follow in the coming weeks. Tickets for the Friday gala opening are available now to purchase online.

Tickets are $30 each.

Click Here to Order Tickets Online

     We are so pleased to welcome Skyline Farm Carriage Museum

as a participant in the 2018 Teddy Roosevelt Days event. Skyline will have two exhibit pieces on display during the event. Both items represent connections to the Narcissus.

1) The John Libby Family Sleigh. John Libby was an early settler (the 1630s) in the Black Point area of Scarborough, Maine. W. S. Libbey, the builder of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban, is a descendant of John Libby (as is this blogger :) This sleigh is described as an "Early Painted Sleigh" The original artwork on the back exterior panel is exquisite. 

2) A wagon from the late 1800s. Theodore Roosevelt visited Maine several times before his New England tour as President in 1902. His early visits to Maine included using horse-drawn transportation of the day. A passenger in a Stagecoach from Dexter to Greenville in 1872. Several trips in a wagon while visiting Island Falls in the company of Maine's William Sewall and William's nephew, Wilmot Dow during guided expeditions in the Maine woods in the summers of 1878 and 1879. Also, as a passenger in sleighs during his February 1879 visit to Island Falls. He escorted his fiance' in a pony-drawn buggy while they were visiting Mount Desert Island in 1880. As President, he was a rider in an open landau carriage pulled by horses in Portland during his August 1902 visit. You will learn more of these details over the weekend :)

Skyline Farm

A UNIQUE PLACE WHERE HISTORY AND NATURE ARE JOINED FOR LEARNING AND RECREATION

"Skyline Farm is a fabulous example of how historic preservation, land preservation, and adaptive reuse can come together to create a wonderful community resource." - Hillary Bassett; Executive Director of Greater Portland Landmarks

      

Skyline Farm Carriage Museum in North Yarmouth PWM

The original Sewall Homestead was where Theodore Roosevelt

stayed during his three trips to Island Falls, Maine

in 1878 and 1879. PWM

      One of the presenters on the schedule for the Friday gala opening is Ms. Donna Davidge. Donna is a direct descendant of William Sewall of Island Falls, ME. William (Bill) Sewall and his nephew, Wilmot Dow were Theodore Roosevelt's guides during TR's three visits to Island Falls (1878 and two in 1879). TR stayed at Sewall House during those visits. Donna owns the Sewall House in Island Falls, thus keeping the home in the family with many of the original furnishings, etc. still within the home since those early days when TR stayed there. Bill Sewall and TR would remain close friends for their entire lives. Donna will discuss the history of the Sewall House and will have a few TR/Sewall-related artifacts to share with the guests who attend the gala opening on Friday.

More details will follow...

Mark your calendars, purchase your Friday-opening tickets in advance, and make plans to attend the 2018 Teddy Roosevelt Days  Event on July 20, 21, & 22 at Seashore Trolley Museum.

Click Here to Order Tickets Online

Click Here for more on Theodore Roosevelt's connections to ME

Click Here for more on the Narcissus and the other nine Maine electric railway vehicles at Seashore Trolley Museum listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Click Here for more on our participation in the Maine Innovation Expo at Museum L-A on May 19, 2018

Schedule of PLI/Narcissus Presentations - Spring 2018
The fourth and final presentation in the spring series will be on Tuesday, May 15 in West Cumberland

The 1915 Morrison Hill Station from the Portland-Lewiston Interurban

in West Cumberland, Maine, at Seashore Trolley Museum in

Kennebunkport greets passengers as they arrive on the 1901 open trolley car

No. 303 from New Haven, CT. July 2017 PWM image

May 15 - West Cumberland Recreation Hall  - Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.

                115 (Rear) Blackstrap Road, Cumberland, Maine

"The 1915 Morrison Hill Station & the PLI in West Cumberland"

The Portland-Lewiston Interurban (PLI) operated in West Cumberland and carried 7.3 million passengers between 1914 and 1933. The 1915 waiting station at Morrison Hill was donated to the Seashore Trolley Museum by Richard Budd, owner of Budd's Gulf in West Cumberland. Learn about the construction (1910-1914) of the line, operations between Portland and Lewiston, and Theodore Roosevelt's 1914 ride from Lewiston to Portland on the high-speed luxury interurban, Narcissus, the only surviving high-speed interurban from the line that exists today. Currently, under restoration at Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, the PLI's No. 14, Narcissus, has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1980. Several PLI/Narcissus artifacts will be on display during the event. Narcissus project manager Phil Morse and restoration technician Donald Curry from Seashore Trolley Museum will be the presenters.

This is a free public event in cooperation with Prince Memorial Library

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We continue the restoration work on the 1912, Narcissus, the only surviving high-speed, luxury interurban coach of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban. 

Click Here: Narcissus Restoration-Related Posts

Being more than a century old, the stately, "Elegant Ride," Narcissus, is a gem.  This shimmering precious stone of Maine transportation history is brilliantly resplendent as it emanates so many elements of history, including; time, places, people, and events, that it was coupled to, that when just a smattering of its seemingly innumerable stories are shared, the contents captivates, fascinates, then generates, interest to learn more 🙋. The majestic Narcissus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Please consider joining the epic journey to complete the Narcissus Project by making a donation today!

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The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one in a series of captivating stories containing an abundance of incredible coalition of narratives.

Click Here: History-Related Posts - Narcissus and Portland-Lewiston Interurban

     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.

Click Here: Bookstores and Businesses promoting the Narcissus Project

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