Book Talk: Jean Flahive's Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride with Phil Morse - Hosted by the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library-12-8-2025

Opening slide of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library (TRPL)

hosting a live virtual program, seen on YouTube, featuring award-winning

Maine author, Jean Flahive, with Phil Morse. December 8, 2025, at

7:30 pm EST. The photos on the right (top & bottom) refer to the

connections between Theodore Roosevelt and Maine, via the Narcissus,

 at the Seashore Trolley Museum (STM) in Kennebunkport, Maine. 

Top right, Theodore Roosevelt's home, Sagamore Hill, in Oyster Bay, NY,

was taken by me (Phil Morse-PWM) during the Theodore Roosevelt

Association's (TRA) 2016 Annual Meeting, celebrating the 100th

anniversary of the National Park system and the reopening of Sagamore

Hill following its restoration work.  Bottom right, Theodore Roosevelt

aboard the Portland-Lewiston Interurban, No. 14, Narcissus,

in Gray, Maine, August 18, 1914. Courtesy Gray Historical Society

Here is the link to the YouTube Live Broadcast hosted by the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

Click Here: Book Talk: Jean Flahive's Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride with Phil Morse

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Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride

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    This post is based on slides used for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library virtual program broadcast live on YouTube on December 8, 2025, hosting award-winning Maine author Jean Flahive, with Phil Morse, a long-time member at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine.

The TRPL virtual program broadcast features Theodore Roosevelt's

connections to the Seashore Trolley Museum (STM), and how Phil Morse,

a long-time member at STM (35 years), volunteer sponsor of the Narcissus Project at STM,

was inspired by Theodore Roosevelt's connections to the Museum and to

many Maine communities, to work on releasing the Theodore Roosevelt

Maine Heritage Trail. Phil talks about having the initial idea for creating, then independently

publishing, what became the multi-award-winning book by the Maine author,

Jean M. Flahive, Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride.

The Seashore Trolley Museum's 87th anniversary of its founding will

be July 5, 2026 (One day after the Grand Opening Celebration of the

Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library💖) STM is the first trolley museum

in the world, and the largest trolley museum in the world.

Over 250 Mass Transit vehicles, including trolleys, buses, and other public

transit vehicles from around the world, with over 300 acres of contiguous land

in three communities, Kennebunkport, Arundel, and Biddeford. 

Click Here: for the post on the deposit made on July 5, 1939, that saved the Biddeford and Saco Railroad (B&S), No. 31, and began what is now known as the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine. B&S No. 31 is 125 years old in 2025 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as is Theodore Roosevelt's "Elegant Ride," Narcissus 😎

The Maine Central Model Railroad is the State of Maine's largest

HO-scale model railroad. View the STM monthly schedule throughout

the year to see when the model railroad building is open to the public. Generally,

off-season (winter months) Thursdays through Saturdays 10-4

This beautifully crafted exhibit originated from the home of Helen and Harold "Buz" Beal, from

Jonewsport, Maine. For decades, the couple opened their home to guests from all over the world to view their model railroad. From Quoddy Lighthouse to the mountains of Maine, to the paper mills and Dragon Cement, street blocks representing the communities the Maine Central Railroad operated through, and several roundhouses, tunnels, rivers, and the ocean, their layout had it all. Best-selling author Stephen King even provided the designs of his Victorian home in Bangor to the Beal's and they replicated it expertly.

Seashore Trolley Museum accepted Beal's model railroad donation in 2020 and began constructing a new building to house the donation, with thanks to the generous $3.4 million donation by Hansjoerg Wyss and the Wyss Medical Foundation. The building and the model railroad opened to the public in May 2024, and the model railroad's winter operation allows the Seashore Trolley Museum to become a year-round museum for the community to enjoy.

A handful of the numerous annual special events hosted at the Seashore Trolley Museum.

The community members living in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Arundel, served by the Chamber of Commerce, voted STM as their favorite Non-Profit in 2025

Theodore Roosevelt's connection with the Seashore Trolley Museum (STM).

• The leader of the founders of Seashore Trolley Museum, Theodore Santarelli de Brasch, was born on the same month and year, January 1919, that Theodore Roosevelt passed away. Theodore Santarelli de Brasch was named Theodore by his parents in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore (Ted) Santarelli (de Brasch) attended and graduated from Harvard University, as did Theodore Roosevelt. 
• Ted was 20 years old when a sophomore at Harvard in 1939, when he led the founders to save Car 31 and create what became the Seashore Trolley Museum.
• Ted hand-delivered the deposit to purchase Car 31 on July 5, 1939, just three days after the dedication of Theodore Roosevelt's Monument carving on Mount Rushmore took place on July 2, 1939.
• The Tenafly, NJ, Theodore Roosevelt Monument was completed in 1928. Its incredible stonework was done by two sculptors. One of the sculptors was Trygve Hammer. One of Hammer's granddaughters, Karen Hammer Perry, is a longtime Seashore Trolley Museum member.
• STM is currently restoring Theodore Roosevelt's "Elegant Ride," National Register of Historic Places member, 1912, Portland-Lewiston Interurban, No. 14, Narcissus. Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger aboard the Narcissus on August 18, 1914, between Lewiston and Portland, Maine, while campaigning for the Progressive Party candidates.

Top left, 1937 Roxbury Latin School's senior bio of Theodore (Ted) Santarelli

(de Brasch). The yellow-highlighted statement: "Years hence, he may

become a motivating force in the field of transport..."

That statement became true. He led the small group, who became the founders of the first trolley museum in the world! His dedication to the Seashore Trolley Museum over the years was incredible.

Click Here: for the post describing Theodore Santarelli and two of his ERA (Electric Railroaders Association) friends first choosing to try and save a trolley from the Biddeford and Saco Railroad.

Click Here: for the October 10, 1987, interview by Ed Dooks, Theodore Santarelli, saving Car 31

Click Here: for the post describing TR being aboard the Narcissus in 1914

Click Here: for the post on Novelty Notes Connecting Theodore Roosevelt, Maine, and the Narcissus

The Narcissus, built in 1912 at the Laconia Car Company in Laconia, NH,

operated between Lewiston and Portland, Maine, from 1914 to 1933. The body,

without any of its mechanical components, was sold in the mid-1930s to become

the Sabattus Lake Diner. The 1936 photo in the upper right, by Robert Melcher, is the Narcissus

in Sabattus, awaiting becoming the diner. In 1941, it was sold to Mr. Vallee

and became the Vallee summer camp at Sabbatus Lake. In the late 1960s,

STM members organized support to build a home/camp for the Vallees,

to allow the Narcissus body to become the property of the Seashore Trolley Museum in 1969.

The SolidWorks 3-D images were created by Ernie Eaton. Ernie is the Project Manager staff member who oversees all aspects of the restoration of the Narcissus in the Donald G. Curry Town House Restoration Shop at the Seashore Trolley Museum. Ernie works on adding data from all components related to the restoration of the Narcissus into the SolidWorks digital 3-D files. From those files, Ernie creates blueprints, virtual images, and videos to help visualize the steps needed for each component related to the restoration. Amazing 🙌

Click Here: for history-related posts on the Narcissus and on the Portland-Lewiston Interurban

Click Here: for restoration-related posts on the Narcissus - including work utilizing the 3-D CAD

Top left, the Narcissus when it was the Sabattus Lake Diner. Next, it

was the Vallee family summer camp. Bottom left, the Narcissus aboard the

trailer when connected to STM's "Highway Monster," and the new home

for the Vallee family in the background. Then the day the Narcissus

arrived at the Seashore Trolley Museum, October 31, 1969.

Click Here: for the post Vallee family picture of the Narcissus 1960s

Click Here: for the post "A President has Ridden in My House," Daniel Vallee grew up in the Narcissus

 

Inside the Donald G. Curry Town House Restoration Shop at the Seashore Trolley Museum,

November 19, 2025, photos of the two 37-foot-long sidesill timbers, joined with

their partner, steel, C-channel, then attached to the Narcissus. Exciting days to follow.

Numerous components will be attached, establishing a secure frame base.

Both photos above were taken by Ernie Eaton

The SolidWorks 3-D CAD virtual image continues to include added details, as statistical files stats

are added to the SolidWorks files by Ernie Eaton, the restoration shop project manager, who manages the restoration of the National Register of Historic Places member, Narcissus.

Newspaper clippings featuring TR aboard the Narcissus on August 18, 1914,

and aboard the sister interurban, No. 16, Clematis, on August 31, 1916.

The activities related to TR's experience receiving a bouquet of Sweet Peas

flowers from a young girl generated the idea of possibly creating a book

that featured those experiences :)

Click Here: for the post describing TR being aboard the Narcissus in 1914 and the Clematis in 1916

The newspaper articles are up close and readable :)

L-R/Top-Bottom - Books and research that provided inspirational materials to

advance activities related to expanding the understanding of Theodore Roosevelt's

connections to communities in Maine. In addition, research that inspired

continued support for moving the Narcissus Project forward with positive results.

One resource, Mary Libbey Conley (a great-granddaughter of Winfield Scott Libbey), referred me to

John Libby Family Association, where, while attending the 111th Annual John Libby Association Family Reunion in Scarborough, ME, I learned that, through my maternal grandmother, Winfield Scott Libbey, and I are both directly descended from the same John Libby family member, 😳

Our family connection is Matthew Libby (born about 1695).

• Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
• Becoming Teddy Roosevelt: How A  Maine Guide Inspired America's 26th President - Hardcover by Andrew Vietze
• Becoming Teddy Roosevelt: How A  Maine Guide Inspired America's 26th President - Softcover by Andrew Vietze
• Bill Sewall's Story of TR, by William W. Sewall
• Maine My State, by Maine Writers Research Club, with Theodore Roosevelt's "My Debt to Maine"
  Click Here: My Debt to Maine, by Theodore Roosevelt - March 20, 1918
• Theodore Roosevelt: In The Field, by Michael R. Canfield
• Moose Crossing, by Max J. Skidmore - Portland to Portland on the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway
• Winfield Scott Libbey: The Man and His Mill, biography by the grandchildren of W.S. Libbey 
• Winfield Scott Libbey: August 27, 1851-May 17, 1914, by Biographical Section - History of Maine

In March of 2018, a pledge of a gift of a few hundred thousand dollars,

for the Narcissus Project made me think I'd better get into seeking what

is required to self-publish a book. The main character in the book

would be the young girl in Gray, Maine, who gave the bouquet of

Sweet Peas flowers to TR while he was aboard the Narcissus on August 18, 1914.

I reached out to a friend who published children's books. I worked at the same school with Maine author, Suzanne Buzby Hersey, and her husband, Ryan Hersey. Based on our conversation and Suzanne's suggestions/referrals, I contacted Maine Authors Publishing (MAP) in Thomaston, Maine. Based on my thoughts on the basic character, etc., the staff sent me a list of five Maine authors they felt would be great options for me to consider offering to work with me on the book. I looked into the books/background of each of the authors. My top choice to seek was Jean M. Flahive. The MAP staff contacted Jean and shared my ideas/thoughts about the book. Jean read them and was open to meeting with me to discuss the ideas, etc. When we met, I shared a printout of the transcript from a 2004, 90-minute interview that Ed Dooks and I did (both STM volunteers) with then, 96-year-old Mildred Knowles Obrey, at her home in Eliot, ME. She was ten years old in 1918, and her talk about her life at that time had so many wonderful stories that might be useful for creating stories in the book. And they were :) Jean accepted the offer to work with me on creating the book. At that time, we did not know the name of the young girl who gave the bouquet of Sweet Peas flowers, to TR. I was so happy when Jean suggested using the name Mille for the young girl in the book. For me, Millie is also a representative of Mildred Obrey, who shared so many wonderful stories about her life with me that were used in the book 💓

Click Here: for the wonderful post by the Eliot Historical Society on Mildred Obrey, including portions of her interview with Ed Dooks and me in 2004

Click Here: for the transcript of the September 3, 2004, interview with Mildred Knowles Obrey, by STM volunteers, Ed Dooks and Phil Morse.

My Maine, one of Suzanne Buzby Hersey's many children's books. 

Based on this post featuring TR's connections to Maine and his

love for Maine, I thought this book of Suzanne's was perfect to share :)

Here are some of her talking points about the book. Some may sound familiar :)

How is Maine special to you? Children and adults alike will be delighted by a young girl's answer to this question at "show and tell." Join in on a real Maine adventure. Go to a county fair, pick wild blueberries, and search for sea glass. Visit Portland, L.L. Bean, and the state capital building. Take in the magnificent sights from the mountain and lakes to the rocky coast and learn some facts along the way, all while being accompanied by an adorable stuffed moose! This beautifully illustrated book truly captures the essence of Maine. :)

Morrison Hill Station from West Cumberland served the Portland-Lewiston Interurban

from 1915 until 1933. It arrived at STM in 1992, was restored, and became a stop for trolleys.

Click Here: for the post on the book panel (with graphic art designer Reece Saunders 😊) and other wall materials related to the Portland-Lewiston Interurban and the Narcissus, added inside the Station.

Click Here: for the post on Morrison Hill Station coming to STM

Award-winning Maine author Jean M. Flahive is the author of many wonderful books :)

Theodore Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride book was released in October 2019.

• Gold Winner - 2020 Eric Hoffer Book Award
• Silver Winner - 2019 eLit Award
• Bronze Winner - 2020 Moonbeam Children's Book Award
• It earned the "Coverted Starred Review" from Blueink Review, which is considered rare and a significant accolade within the self-publishing and independent author community. Each year varies, with only 5 to 10 percent of the books reviewed earning the "Starred Review."
• It earned numerous 5-Star Reviews. 
• Cover art and drawings used in the book by Maine artist Amy J. Gagnon

The Gray Historical Society has an extensive collection of Portland-Lewiston Interurban artifacts.

Through Donald Whitney, the President of the historical society at the time, he organized a gathering of the three residents of Gray in the above photo, including his grandmother, Elizabeth Whitney Megquier, to record oral history recollections from them. I was the interviewer. They were all awesome! From that meeting, the next week, we learned the name of the young girl who gave TR the bouquet of flowers in Gray, while he was aboard the Narcissus, on August 18, 1914 💖 Marguerite Morrill Duplisea.

Click Here: for the interview with Miriam Bisbee, Charlotte Frost, and Elizabeth Megquier - 6/23/2018

Click Here: for the PLI Employees 1938 Reunion post that mentions Marguerite Duplisea attending

Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana

Cover art and the drawings used in the book (like the one in the lower right above) were done

by Maine artist Amy J. Gagnon

The photo in the top left shows the Gray station on the Easterly side of the tracks of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban line is in the O.R. Cummings Collection at STM. In the top right photo of TR on board the Narcissus, leaning out the doorway of the number 2 end, as he speaks to the crowd. The Narcissus is heading towards Portland, and for TR to address the crowd from the back end of the Narcissus, the Narcissus operated a short distance passed the station, so the crowd could gather up closer to TR. The 3-D virtual image of Narcissus, by Ernie Eaton

Click Here: Star #6 - Gray - 1914 & 1916

The image on the left and the newspaper are screenshots from a public online source.

Theodore Roosevelt Timeline - World War I  Theodore Roosevelt Center

TR Children WW I - Library of Congress videos
Sons in Regiments - WWI-Video Library of Congress
Theodore (Ted) Roosevelt, III (First Son) Theodore Roosevelt Center
Kermit Roosevelt (Second Son) Theodore Roosevelt Center
Archibald (Archie) Roosevelt (Third Son) Theodore Roosevelt Center
Quentin (Fourth Son) Military.com

Ethel Roosevelt (Second Daughter) Theodore Roosevelt Center

Camp Wohelo at Sebago Lake, Raymond, Maine, is still operating today, and is still in the family members descended from the Gulicks. All the items in the slide above, except the photo

of Charlotte Gulick, are in my personal collection. The Charlotte image is a screenshot from a public online source. The Campfire Girls book is one of several in my personal collection.

Camp Fire Girls
Handbook Outsideonline.com
Dr. Luther Gulick and Charlotte Gulick Cornerstone Books
Camp Wohelo  wohelo.com at Sebago Lake
Camp Fire Girls  Ames History Museum
Boy Scouts, Boy Scouts of America
Red Cross  Red Cross

Indian Tribes - Maine
Wabanaki Nation Four Direction Development Corp
Abbe Museum Abbe Museum

The poster in the center and the thrift stamp folders are in my personal collection :)

WWI/The Great War -
Liberty Bonds/Thrift Stamps - Federal Reserve & teacher plans at Study.com

The postcard of the Falmouth hotel is in my personal collection.

Click Here: Star #4 - Portland - 1902, 1912, 1914, 1916, & 1918

William (Bill) W. Sewall
William W. Sewall Theodore Roosevelt Center
Bill Sewall & Wilmot Dow - National Park Service
"The County" - Aroostook County

The Voting Down the Rose book and the photo in the lower left are in my personal collection. The screenshots of Mrs. Whitehouse are from public online sources.

Click Here: for the Maine author Anne B. Gass's website featuring Maine Suffrage History

Suffrage/Women's Rights
Women's Suffrage At Last (42-c) USHistory.org
Florence Whitehouse - suffragette/publicist, Red Cross - Maine items - Maine Memory Network
TR quotes in support of Women's Rights, Theodore Roosevelt Association
TR at Sagamore Hill with Suffragettes Library of Congress video
19th Amendment to the Constitution Interactive Constitution

The top left image is a screenshot from a public online source. The lower left sketch was done

by Maine artist Amy J. Gagnon. The other items in the slide are all part of my personal collection.

Grippe, Influenza, Spanish Flu, Epidemic, and Pandemic
Camp Devens - history U.S. Army

The three postcards and the TR pin are part of my personal collection. The image in the lower right is from Jean Flahive.

Theodore Roosevelt
His Life and Times on Film -  Timeline - Library of Congress
Theodore Roosevelt Timeline - World War I  Theodore Roosevelt Center
Theodore Roosevelt Timeline - The Life of Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Center
TR - Brief Biography Theodore Roosevelt Center
TR - Connections to Maine Narcissus Project Blog
TR - Rough Rider in the White House (43a) USHistory.org
TR - Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (First Wife) Theodore Roosevelt Center
TR - Alice Lee Roosevelt (First Daughter) Theodore Roosevelt Center
TR - Edith Carrow Roosevelt (Second Wife) Theodore Roosevelt Center
TR - Spanish-American War Theodore Roosevelt Center
TR - "Remember the Maine!" (44c)  USHistory.org
TR - Spanish-American War and Its Consequences (44d) USHistory.org
TR - 1912 Presidential Election (43f) USHistory.org
TR - Amazon Expedition/River of Doubt-Videos Library of Congress
TR - Malaria MentalFloss
TR - My Debt to Maine (Bible Point and TR's letter) Narcissus Project blog
TR - Sagamore Hill National Park Service
TR - Sagamore Hill Friends of Sagamore Hill

TR - Friends of Sagamore Hill
TR - Quotes ("Feet on the Ground...") Goodreads

TR - Theodore Roosevelt Association

The Maine Historical Society created the eight units of classroom lesson plans for grades 6-8 

based on historic topics in the Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride.

Vocabulary Activities (Grades 3-8) are based on Tier Two vocabulary words

extrapolated from Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride text

using the Maine Department of Education online Academic Word Finder.

Additional grade-level vocabulary words are identified and marked using the

Wordsmyth Vocabulary Inventory (WVI) grade-level band identifier.

These are available as open-access resources online through

the Seashore Trolley Museum's website - click the links below

Click Here: for Education Resources Grades 3-8 from Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride

Click Here: Millie Book Resources - TR, WWI, Flu Epidemic, and many, many more

Click Here: for the online Education Resources for Grades 6-8 available through Maine Memory Network/Maine Historical Society

Each community is identified with a star with a number or a moose with a letter.

The key to the logo landmarks is on the right.

Each moose represents a community that has an indirect connection with Roosevelt.

He may not have had a visit to that community, but there is a meaningful

connection to Roosevelt in that community.

The stars indicate a community that Roosevelt visited and probably

did engage with the people and or the local geography. 

Each of these communities/landmarks and the Roosevelt connection is described briefly on the respective page. Each will also have a link to a post viewers may click to open the post with more details.

Key for the Trail by "Designs by Reece" - Reece Saunders

During those early years of research about TR's connections to particular communities in Maine, I was looking online at numerous website pages of the Theodore Roosevelt Center (TRC) at Dickinson State University. One page had a map of North Dakota with "starlinks," here and there. When I clicked a star, a small photo (like a slide) would pop up on the screen with a text box that described TR's connections/experiences to that community. The webpage index of that map and the series of stars went on to describe the hope that the map could be expanded to include all the States in the U.S. that TR had connections/experiences with, and have the communities in each of those States have stars to click on to share their TR connections. That experience of mine had me reach out and contact the, at time project manager at TRC Sharon Kilzer. Sharon was very open to me and my questions. We discussed the map and my interest in TR's connections here in Maine, which began my connections to TRC, and me thinking of creating the Theodore Roosevelt Maine Heritage Trail. In 2019, when I began seriously planning the Theodore Roosevelt Maine Heritage Trail, I learned of a person with a TRC connection who (at the time) was working at the University of Maine, Karen Sieber. Karen provided great support for me moving forward with the planning 🙏 Of course, COVID-19 slowed things down. 

                                 

This photo is one of two that I worked with Harvard University's TR Collection archivist to have negatives scanned at a high resolution so that I could have a large "life-size" image printed for display on a wall during events to promote the Narcissus Project at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport.

The photo is from the Houghton Library, Harvard University. The two books, Theodore Roosevelt's Diaries of Boyhood Youth, My Brother Theodore Roosevelt by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, are in my personal collection

Click Here: Theodore Roosevelt First Visited Maine as a Young Teenager in 1872 - 2015 post

Click Here: Theodore Roosevelt & Narcissus - Connecting Maine Communities idea 2016 post

The top left screenshot is from TR's diary is from the Houghton Library, Harvard University. Thank you to Heather Cole, former Curator of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Houghton Library, Harvard University, for sharing TR's diary with me 🙏 The top center image of Merchant's Exchange is from the Bert Call Collection at the University of Maine. The screenshot of Frye's Stage Line is from my original 1874 issue of the "Guide to Moosehead Lake." The Steamer Twilight image, lower left, is in the collection of the Moosehead Historical Society and Museum and posted on the Maine Memory Network. The postcard of the Kineo House is in my personal collection.

Click Here: Star #20 - Dexter - 1872

Click Here: Star #21 - Greenville/Moosehead Lake Region - 1872

Click Here: Star #22 - Northwest Piscataqis (Mount Kineo) 1872

I personally visited Island Falls, Donna Sewall Davidge at the Sewall House, and Bible Point (Maine) State Historic Site, on October 6, 2015. See the link below that includes a video of me driving/walking to Bible Point 💓 The upper left screenshot is from the Donna Sewall Davidge collection. 

The images in the upper right and lower left were taken by me. The mirror in that photo is the original mirror from TR's Elkhorn Ranch in North Dakota. The mirror is one of three TR artifacts in the Presque Isle Historical Society collection from the Wilmot S. Dow family. The image reflected in the mirror is from the Houghton Library, Harvard University. The screenshot of the map is from Google Maps. The "heart" in the screenshot is where Bible Point is located, at the confluence of the West Branch of the Mattawamkeag River and First Brook.

The reflection seen in the mirror in the photo in the lower left of the slide above is of a photo taken circa February 1879 in Island Falls, ME. L-R - TR, Wilmot Dow, and William "Bill" Sewall. This is one of two photos that I worked with Harvard University's TR Collection archivist to have the negatives scanned at a very high resolution to have a life-size image printed to display on a wall during events to promote the Narcissus Project at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine. For me, what an amazing photo to have of the mirror with the reflection of the three individuals who literally used this mirror daily while they all lived together in the Elkhorn Ranch in the mid-1880s. 😍 Below is a larger photo of the mirror with the three.

Mirror from Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch in North Dakota. Wilmot S.

Dow's grandson, John Dow, donated this TR artifact, along with two other precious,

personal TR items, to the Presque Isle Historical Society. John Dow's father,

Wilmot E. Dow was a "Badland Baby".  Wilmot E. Dow's father,

Wilmot S. Dow and William Wingate Sewall were Maine guides

who became lifelong friends with Theodore Roosevelt. PWM photo

Click Here: Bible Point and Theodore Roosevelt - Island Falls, Maine - October 6, 2015

Click Here: Star #23 - Mattawamkeag - 1878 & 1879

Click Here: Star #24 - Kingman - 1879

Click Here: Star #25 - Wytopitlock & Drew - 1879

Click Here: Star #26 - Bible Point/South Aroostook - 1878

Click Here: Star #27 - Island Falls - 1878 & 1879

See the text below that describes details about the images in this slide.

The last TR trip to Island Falls, Maine, to William Sewall's House, was later in the summer of 1879. During that visit, he climbed Mount Katahdin. The property that he, Bill Sewall, Wilmot Dow, and TR's other family and friend members who joined them traveled over en route to Katahdin Lake, where they set up camp, would become part of the 87,500 acres in the Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument.

TR's connection to that property helped the monument proposal receive support and approval. Lucas St. Clair led the overall activities that moved the approval of the National Monument forward to success. He was one of the leaders in establishing the Friends of Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument. He was familiar with the fact of TR's visits to Island Falls. He and his wife actually rented the Sewall House from Donna Sewall Davidge, one off-season. Lucas and I have met on a couple of occasions 😊 Award-winning Maine author, Andrew Vietze, is the author of Becoming Teddy Roosevelt. For several years, Andrew has been a seasonal State Park Guide at Mount Katahdin for Baxter State Park. When TR researcher Joe Banavige visited Maine to climb Mount Katahdin and retrace TR's steps in Island Falls, Sewall House, Bible Point, and canoed some of the rivers and lakes that TR did, Joe also met up with Andrew Vietze before climbing Mount Katahdin. Joe stayed at the Sewall House.

Click Here: Star #27 - Island Falls - 1878 & 1879

Click Here: Star #28 - North Penobscot - 1879

Click Here: Star #29 - Northeast Piscataquis - 1879

Click Here: Star #30 - Oxbow - 1879

Island Falls, Maine
Island Falls VisitMaine.com
Other online resources:
Island Falls Historical Society (Facebook Page)

Theodore Roosevelt visits Island Falls - TR Maine Heritage Trail post

Click Here: Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument

Click Here: Friends of Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument

TR graduated from Harvard in the spring of 1880. He became engaged that same year to Alice Hathaway Lee. TR and Alice had family friends and school friends with connections to properties in Mount Desert Island in Downeastern Maine. With some friends together, they spent nearly a couple of weeks on Mount Desert Island. Acadia National Park is on Mount Desert Island. An amazingly beautiful experience to visit there. Shortly after TR and Alice were married, the land where Sagamore Hill would be built was purchased. Author Bill Bleyer's book, Sagamore Hill, does a great job describing Sagamore Hill and its history. I met Bill at the TRA Annual meeting in 2016, when the book was released. When TR was President, he did a New England Tour in the summer of 1902. On August 26, 1902, when President TR made his sixth visit to Maine. During the visit, he made a stop in Old Orchard Beach, where he gave a speech. There were about 10,000 people in the crowd close to his train. One of the visitors, Fred Watson, was born in Saco, Maine, and when he was 19 or 20 years old, he was a member of TR's Elkhorn Ranch crew, with Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow. Fred reached out to TR. TR saw Fred from the train and invited him up, and they reconnected for the first time in many years.

Friends of Sagamore Hill - Two of the Board members of the FOSH have been so helpful to me and supportive of the Narcissus over the years, Jay and GinnyPerrell 💞

Erik Johnson, archivist back then, currently Co-Director at the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, ND, was very helpful and provided some wonderful materials, including a long list of names of "Mainers" who were living/working in the Medora, ND, area in 1885. That list included Fred Watson, Bill Sewall, and Wilmot Dow :) The list is in the "Star #2 - Biddeford - 1902 post link below

Click Here: Star #2 - Biddeford - 1902, 1912, & 1914

Click Here: Star #3 - Old Orchard Beach - 1902 & 1914

Click Here: Star #4 - Portland - 1902, 1912, 1914, 1916, & 1918

Click Here: Star #8 - Auburn - 1902, 1914, & 1916

Click Here: Star #9 - Lewiston - 1902, 1914, & 1916

Click Here: Star #10 - Lisbon Falls - 1902

Click Here: Star #11 - Brunswick - 1902

Click Here: Star #13 - Augusta - 1902

Click Here: Star #16 - Waterville - 1902

Click Here: Star #17 - Mount Desert Island - 1880

Click Here: Star #18 - Ellsworth - 1902

Click Here: Star #19 - Bangor - 1902

TR - Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (First Wife) Theodore Roosevelt Center

TR's seventh and eighth visits to Maine were both political visits. In 1912, he was hoping to have Republicans support him to become the Republican Presidential candidate. As you can read in Geoffrey Cowan's book, Let the People Rule, the Republican support wasn't enough, so the Progressive Party and the Bull Moose Party came into play. I had lunch with Geoffrey and his wife once. Just the three of us, at the 2015 TRA meeting, when he was signing the new book. 😀 TR's eighth visit to Maine was when he was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914. He was campaigning for the Progressive Party candidates. My father's family was in the Kennebunks (Maine). TR's train from Boston, the Hester, made a stop at the Kennebunk train station. TR engaged with some of the crowd. A local resident of Kennebunk, a Progressive Party member, George Cousins, who my grandparents were friends with, was invited by TR to spend the rest of the day traveling together. TR and George were both passengers on the Narcissus that day 💕

Click Here: Star #1 - Kennebunk - 1912 & 1914

Click Here: Star #2 - Biddeford - 1902, 1912, & 1914

Click Here: Star #3 - Old Orchard Beach - 1902 & 1914

Click Here: Star #4 - Portland - 1902, 1912, 1914, 1916, & 1918

Click Here: Star #5 - West Falmouth - 1914 & 1916

Click Here: Star #6 - Gray - 1914 & 1916

Click Here: Star #7 - New Gloucester/Lower - 1914 & 1916

Click Here: Star #8 - Auburn - 1902, 1914, & 1916

Click Here: Star #9 - Lewiston - 1902, 1914, & 1916

Bull Moose Party Britannica.com
Bull Moose Party Progressivism Sweeps the Nation 42 USHistory.org
Progressive Party - Student-Teacher Resource Study.com
Progressive Party U-S-History.com

TR's ninth visit to Maine was for politics. As he was boarding the Clematis, the sister interurban to the Narcissus, at Monument Square in Portland, TR was being filmed by a media crew. The date was August 31, 1916. I have not had any luck finding the film footage of TR boarding the Clematis that day. If anyone viewing this post has access to that footage, I would greatly appreciate sharing the footage recording with me 🙏 TR's tenth visit to Maine was political. March 28, 1918. It was the annual Republican Party State Convention. Like in some of the other Maine visits, Bill Sewall met up with TR. The photo you see in the slide was first shared with me by the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, back late in 2016. They had received the digital image from Europe. The sender did not know what the date was or the location where the photo was taken. The names of all five individuals were written on the image. TR. The other four were all Republicans in various positions, U.S. Senator, Portland Mayor, State Governor, House Representative, etc. I was asked to help identify the date and location. With help, I was able to 🙌

Click Here: A Previously Unknown Picture of Theodore Roosevelt in Maine - Resolved 2016

Click Here: Star #4 - Portland - 1902, 1912, 1914, 1916, & 1918

Click Here: Star #5 - West Falmouth - 1914 & 1916

Click Here: Star #6 - Gray - 1914 & 1916

Click Here: Star #7 - New Gloucester/Lower - 1914 & 1916

Click Here: Star #8 - Auburn - 1902, 1914, & 1916

Click Here: Star #9 - Lewiston - 1902, 1914, & 1916

Republican Party - 1916 UCSB.edu
Conservative/Progressive wings of the Republican Party, 1916, Library of Congress
Democratic Party - 1916 UCSB.edu

Politics

Bull Moose Party Britannica.com

Bull Moose Party Progressivism Sweeps the Nation 42 USHistory.org

Progressive Party - Student-Teacher Resource Study.com

Progressive Party U-S-History.com

Republican Party - 1916 UCSB.edu

Conservative/Progressive wings of the Republican Party, 1916, Library of Congress

Democratic Party - 1916 UCSB.edu

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom-43g USHistory.org

Charles Evan Hughes ConstitutionCenter.org

TR's last visit to Maine was personal. His son, Quentin, while flying in a combat mission during WWI, died when his plane was shot down and crashed. Mrs. Roosevelt knew that she and her husband would experience an abundance of media attention at their home, Sagamore Hill. She knew, emotionally, they would not be up for that, so she reached out to their daughter, Ethel. Ethel's husband's family had a summer home in Maine, in Dark Harbor, on Isleboro Island. Ethel was able to arrange for her mother and father to join her and her two young children at a home on the island in Maine, where they together, along with Quentin's wife-to-be, Flora Vanderbilt, spent time together during the first couple of weeks of Quentin's passing. TR, himself, would also pass away in less than five months after returning to Sagamore Hill. While on Isleboro Island, they did visit some friends on the island, and also a couple different days visited friends on the mainland. TR researcher, soon-to-be TR book publisher, Joe Banavige, located an original letter written by Mrs. Roosevelt while she was on the island. Joe shared the photos of the letter pages with me. I shared them with the Isleboro Historical Society President, Patrick O'Bannon.

Belfast Historical Society & Museum 

Click Here: Theodore Roosevelt Grieved in Dark Harbor on Isleboro Island, Maine - 2015

Click Here: Star #4 - Portland - 1902, 1912, 1914, 1916, & 1918

Click Here: Star #12 - Camden - August 2, 1918

Click Here: Star #14 - Islesboro/Dark Harbor - 1918

Click Here: Star #15 - Belfast - August 3, 1918

As mentioned in the description of the Heritage Trail and its use of Stars and Moose as ID, the Moose posts are communities that TR may not have a personal direct contact with, but has a connection with in some way. Moose Letter A is Kittery, Maine. Kittery is the location of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The city of Portsmouth, NH, is across the Piscataqua River from Kittery, ME. The Peace Treaty negotiations arranged by TR, between representatives from Russia and Japan, with U.S. Representatives helping with overseeing the arrangements, stayed in a hotel in Portsmouth, NH, but most of the time spent negotiating was done in Kittery, Maine, in one of the buildings of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, located in Kittery. The city of Portsmouth has Peace Treaty Trail maps and all sorts of curriculum guides. Check out the posts 😊

Click Here: Moose A - Kittery - 1905

Moose Letter B - As I mentioned earlier, TR has connections with the Kennebunks (Kennebunk and Kennebunkport). His train, the Hester, stopped at the Kennebunk train station in 1914, the day he was a passenger on board the "Elegant Ride," Narcissus. The Narcissus is currently being restored at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport. The Museum has hosted several fundraising events to benefit the Narcissus Project. Several TRA members and authors of TR publications have visited the Museum to see the Narcissus. Top left photo - At the Seashore Trolley Museum, former TRA Executive Director Laurence Pels with me onboard the 1906 Montreal, Canada, No. 2, Golden Chariot. The photo below I took (selphie) while riding in one of the buses transporting TRA members to the Saturday night dinner event at Sagamore Hill (10/29/2016). In the seat right behind me is former National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis (in uniform). He and I had just reboarded the bus after helping to direct traffic in the local area while the bus backed down a street from a hill onto another street. We were welcomed back into the bus with loud clapping hands and verbal appreciation being expressed for our help 👏👏👏 Below that photo on the left is me with Joe Banavige holding one of my TR display boards. Joe was passing by after climbing Mount Katahdin. Over many years, Joe has retraced much of TR's time around Island Falls by visiting the Sewall House, Bible Point, canoeing nearby lakes and rivers, hiking, portaging, walking, etc., at various places that TR had done the same during his three visits in 1878 and 1879. Joe has written three major manuscripts on his personal experiences retracing so many of TR's experiences throughout the entire country in the outdoors. Joe's research has been incredible. I'm looking forward to the publications being released. 

💖 You can access details of items in the slides when viewing posts in the Narcissus1912 Blog Posts. 🙋 Scrolling down this post towards the end, you read about the Ken Burns Poster and the poser with the smiling TR and Narcissus. 

Click Here: Moose B - Kennebunkport - 1914

Click Here: for post with links to Narcissus restoration work

Click Here: for  the post with links to Narcissus-related history

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Michael R. Canfield - Theodore Roosevelt: In The Field

Sewall House

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Andrew Vietze - Becoming Teddy Roosevelt: How A  Maine Guide Inspired (TR)

Joe Banavige - Substack Post on Joe's visit to Island Falls and climbing Mount Katahdin this fall (2025)

Seashore Trolley Museum

A Seashore Trolley Museum Connection related to the Dow Family 💕

Above, in the circa February 1879 photo taken in Island Falls, ME, in the background

(courtesy of Houghton Library/Harvard University)

 L-R William "Bill" Sewall, Wilmot Dow, and Theodore Roosevelt.

Standing in front, L-R Phil Morse and Tom Dow at the Seashore Trolley Museum

on July 31, 2015. Tom Dow's grandfather, Sterling Dow, was the General Manager

of the electric railway that served the Kennebunkport area in the early 1900s.

The Seashore Trolley Museum operates its trolleys on what was the right-of-way

of that electric railway. Tom's family roots do have a connection with

Wilmot Dow and William Sewall. See below

Moose Letter C - Fairfield, Maine - After TR passed away, a committee was created to help put together plans to create memorials to honor TR. William "Bill" Sewall was one of the members of that group. One memorial that was built in Maine was in Fairfield at the Good Will-Hinkley property. The stone memorial with a plaque was dedicated on September 5, 1921, by Bill Sewall. The small stone within the space where the three large stones meet was from Sagamore Hill. Mrs. Roosevelt gifted the Sagamore Hill stone to the "Good Will-Hinckley School" for the TR Memorial.

I visited the TR Memorial, visited the L. C. Bates Museum, and walked the trail on September 16, 2016. Lots of details in the link below

Click Here: Moose C - Fairfield - 1921

SS Roosevelt was the first ship ever built in the Western Hemisphere for Arctic exploration.

McKay and Dix Shipyard laid her keel at Bucksport, Maine, on October 19, 1904.

The SS Roosevelt was built on Verona Island, across the Penobscot River from Bucksport, Maine.

The ship was launched on 23 March 1905 and christened SS Roosevelt in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt. At the time of its construction, it was considered the strongest wooden vessel ever built.

Details in the link below

Click Here: Moose D - Bucksport-Verona Island - 1905

All three images and the Wilmot S. Dow genealogy are from the Presque Isle Historical Society

Details are in the link below

Click Here: Moose F - Presque Isle - 1885

As mentioned in a slide above, TR visited Portland five different years.

Each visit was due to politics. On other occasions, when visiting Maine for

non-political reasons, he passed through Portland while on a train. This slide

has a postcard of Longfellow Square in Portland. The Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

monument featured in the square is the starting point in Portland, Maine,

of the 4,060-mile Theodore Roosevelt International Highway, which

ends in Portland, Oregon. The five times TR visited Portland, Maine,

he travelled through Longfellow Square. When TR was President, during his 1902

visit, he stopped and visited a couple of friends at their homes in Portland.

Lower left, former Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, Thomas

Brackett Reed. Lower center, Frederick Hale, U.S. Senator 197-1941.

Both photos are from the Maine Historical Society. The postcard and the maps

in the slide are in my personal collection. Details are in the links below.

Currently, one block away, is the Sagamore Hill Lounge

Click Here: Theodore Roosevelt International Highway-Portland-Fryeburg, Maine 1921

Click Here: Theodore Roosevelt International Highway-4,060 miles-Begins at Longfellow Square

The book, Moose Crossing, by Max J. Skidmore - Portland to Portland on the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway, describes numerous stops along the highway through the U.S. and Canada.

The top three photos and the photo, lower left, were taken by me during a 

visit to Oyster Bay on October 28, 2016. It was during a TRA Annual Meeting.

The TR Memorial Park has a collection of stones, rocks, etc., from numerous communities

around the world, where TR visited. The photo of Donna Sewall Davidge, great-granddaughter

of William Sewall, is standing in front of the large photo of her great-grandfather (on the left as you view the photo), Wilmot Dow (center), and TR on the right. Donna was visiting the Seashore Trolley Museum and gave a talk about her great-grandfather and family living at the Sewall House. Donna is the owner of the Sewall House. The photo of the Sewall House (lower left) is courtesy of Donna

Click Here: Theodore Roosevelt in 3D - Donna Sewall Davidge at Seashore Trolley Museum 2018

This 1919 first edition of Maine My State was used by my father, Warren O. Morse,

in Kennebunk High School in 1947. I recognize my grandmother's writing when

reading my father's name, the town of Kennebunk, and the date, written on the first page of the book 💝

This letter, by TR titled, My Debt to Maine, was one of the early descriptions I read of TR describing his personal acknowledgement of the incredible positive impact being friends with William Sewall, Wilmot Dow,  and their family members had on TR throughout his entire adult life, beginning in 1878.

Maine My State, by Maine Writers Research Club, with Theodore Roosevelt's "My Debt to Maine"

Click Here: My Debt to Maine, by Theodore Roosevelt - March 20, 1918

Links below related to Theodore Roosevelt were released starting in 2015

Click Here: Theodore Roosevelt - Master Mason 2015

Click Here: Two Accomplished Writers and a NPS Ranger from Sagamore Hill NHS - 7-31-2015

Click Here: Narcissus Restoration Project - Outreach (Sagamore Hill Visit) 2016

Click Here: A President Has Ridden in My House!-Dan Vallee-Narcissus-Theodore Roosevelt's Ride 2016

Click Here: Theodore Roosevelt Timeline Parallel with STM Railway Collection Part 1 - 1858-1900

Click Here: Theodore Roosevelt Timeline Parallel with STM Railway Collection Part 2 - 1901-1909

Click Here: Theodore Roosevelt Timeline Parallel with STM Railway Collection Part 3 - 1910-1919

Click Here: Novelty Notes Connecting Theodore Roosevelt, Maine, and the Narcissus 2023

Below are some photos and stories of my first year or two being connected to the Theodore Roosevelt Association in NY. (There are sooo many more stories in this Narcissus Odessey of mine 😁)

Back in 2015, the Theodore Roosevelt Association gifted these to the

Narcissus Project. The painting of TR used to make these incredibly wonderful

Theodore Roosevelt buttons, painted in 2007 by the artist whose signature is in the image below.

Full page of the inside backcover, of the October 24-25, 2014,

95th Annual Meeting magazine of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

In 2014, Ken Burns signed a few of these posters for the Friends of

Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, NY, for fundraising. I purchased 6 of them

to use at fundraising events for the Narcissus Project.

Ken Burns was the guest speaker at the Saturday night dinner of the 95th Annual Meeting of the TRA. The Metropolitan Club on 5th Avenue in NYC was the host site on October 25, 2014. Mr. Burns' new documentary, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, was released in September, on the date that TR was sworn in as President of the United States in 1901. I met Ken Burns when he first walked into the Metropolitan Club that night. I happen to be standing at the top of the granite steps in the large, elegant atrium, with TRA Executive Director Laurence Pels and one of Laurence's daughters.

It was just the three of us who were present to welcome Ken Burns to the event. While shaking hands and introducing myself, I thanked him for his NY media associate for giving permission to use a photo of him (Mr. Burns) and a statement by him, in an article about the Narcissus, that was published late in May, in the Summer Guide issue of the Portland Magazine. See the series of photos from the magazine below.

Front cover of the May 2014 issue of the Portland Summer Guide by

Portland Magazine.

Page 179 has the article "A Streetcar Named Narcissus" by

Patricia Erikson. Patricia and I became friends via the Narcissus Project

beginning early in 2008. For several years, Patricia was an incredible 

resource for me, and the Trolley Museum, as I worked to become more

comfortable with being uncomfortable with working with aspects of

learning new ways for moving the Narcissus Project forward.

One example, Patricia encouraged me to have a Facebook page and

a Blog, to reach out to the public. I was definitely not comfortable

thinking about putting myself out there for the public. I did it, though.

Last month, November 2025, the Narcissus1912 Blog had a record month

for page views of the more than 350 posts that have been released by me.

44,704 page views 😲 😊 Thank you, Patricia 🙏

I typed Ken Burns' statement above...below the next three lines.

Ken Burns 🙌 The photo at the top and the photo at the bottom in the center

were taken by Alban Main. This colorized image of TR on the Narcissus

was found in the University of Texas, Arlington, "Teddy Roosevelt at a Whistle Stop."

More precisely, it's an interurban train. Ken Burns is making it a star.

BY Patricia Erikson

ELEGANT RIDE FOR THE 'ROUGH RIDER'

Before producing the 14-hour documentary series The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, legendary filmmaker Ken Burns tracked down the Roosevelts' favorite haunts in Maine, everywhere from Mount Katahdin to Eleanor and F. D.'s compound at Campobello Island. Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Jr., in particular, felt lifelong affection for Maine. Nurns says, "Maine was a special place for Teddy. In our series, we show that after suffering personal loss, including the death of his father in 1878, Teddy found a world in which to restore himself in the wilderness of Maine." Roosevelt pined for Maine's wilderness throughout his life. Yet a valuable artifact at Seashore Trolley Museum in Arundel reveals that, more often than not, his trips to Maine involved the grit and glamor of a campaign trail more than flannel and campfire.

The photo above was taken by Alban Main

The last page also has an ad for STM

There is a full-page ad for Franklin Roosevelt's Campobello

International Park. They also sell the Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and

the Elegant Ride paperback book 💝

This illustration of Theodore Roosevelt was shared with me by the artist

Dr. Mark Hom. When I saw Dr. Hom's illustration on the front cover of the

October 24-25, 2014, TRA magazine about the 95th Annual Meeting,

I attended in New York City. I was inspired to learn who the artist was.

I was grateful that Laurence Pels, the Executive Director of the TRA, shared the

name and contact info with me. Dr. Hom was open to giving his permission to me,

on behalf of the Narcissus Project, to use the illustration in numerous ways 🙏

Posters and handouts promoting fundraising events at the

Seashore Trolley Museum for the Narcissus Project.

Dozens of 19" by 24" boards to attract attention to tables during various events/activities.

A selfie I took as I was walking to the Metropolitan Club on

5th Avenue in NYC, where the 95th Annual Meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association

was hosting dinner and Ken Burns as the guest speaker on October 25, 2014.

I made the selfie photo into a Christmas card 🙌

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Click Here: For the list of links to Theodore Roosevelt Maine Heritage Trail Posts in Easy Order to View

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 first 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!

Click Here: Donation Options

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 😊