William Wingate "Bill" Sewall - Island Falls, Maine - Theodore Roosevelt's Maine Guide and Meaningful Friend - 1878-on

An appropriately titled image of William Wingate "Bill" Sewall to

lead the way for viewing hundreds of newspaper archives' clippings/articles

featuring Theodore Roosevelt's dear friend from Maine 💞

This article was posted a year after William passed away (March 15, 1930)

Bangor Daily News - July 7, 1931

Updated - 6-24-2026

This post has more than 400 newspaper clippings and articles from dates 1885-1931, that generally feature William W. "Bill" Sewall and his connections with Theodore Roosevelt from 1878-1919. There are some with Wilmot S. Dow, his wife, Lizzie, and some Sewall family members are also mentioned.

Photos, screenshots of postcards, images with newspaper articles, and references to text in various books, all of which help piece together and complete the evidence validating the meaningful relationship Theodore Roosevelt had with William Sewall.

The newspaper clippings/articles are mostly from archives available through subscriptions with the Portland Press Herald and the Bangor Daily News.

The clippings/articles are in order by year, listed in bold on the left: 1885-1931

You can scroll down if you are searching for a particular year.

You can click the photo or the newspaper clipping/article to enlarge it.

The photo below connects Theodore Roosevelt's times in 1878 and 1879 in Island Falls, Maine, with Wilmot Sewall "Will" Dow and William Wingate "Bill" Sewall, and their times together at Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch, 1884-1886. The reflection in the mirror is of a photo of l-r, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilmot Dow, and William Sewall in Island Falls, Maine, in Feb/Mar 1879. The three of them also lived together in the Elkhorn Ranchhouse, and each would have used the mirror that reflected them in this photo. The photo in the reflection is TRC 520.12.015 Houghton Library, Harvard University. I actually took the photo of the reflection in the mirror when both the mirror and the print of the three in Island Falls were on display during a Narcissus fundraising event at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine, in August 2016. Click here to see the post on the 2016 fundraising event.

The mirror from Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch in North Dakota.

Wilmot Sewall Dow's grandson, John A. Dow, donated this

TR artifact, along with two other precious, personal TR items,

to the Presque Isle Historical Society. John A. Dow's father,

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

Wilmot S. Dow and William W. Sewall were Maine guides

who became lifelong friends with Theodore Roosevelt. PWM photo

TRC 520.12-015 Houghton Library, Harvard University

Click Here: to see the genealogical story of the Dow family and the TR artifacts in the Presque Isle HS

May 31, 2026, Joe Banavige released this wonderful American 250 Tribute to William W "Bill" Sewall, TR's Maine guide (along with Wilmot Dow, Bill's nephew). Click Here: to see Joe's Substack post.

Theodore Roosevelt visited Island Falls, Maine, on three occasions, staying at the Sewall House, with Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow serving as TR's Maine guides during various outdoor activities. TR's three visits were in late summer 1878, winter 1879, and late summer 1879.

    It is not uncommon that the names of William Wingate "Bill" Sewall (1845-1930) and his nephew, Wilmot Sewall "Will" Dow (1854-1891) are misspelled in newspaper articles. Also, there are newspaper articles with details that contain incorrect information or materials that are written on purpose as mythical...fyi. Sadly, over the years, as research locates any of the published misinformation, if that misinformation is simply accepted as is and not included in the process to verify that it is correct by locating and referring the information to factual documents that provide the evidence necessary to confirm its validity, the misinformation is published and publicly made available to spread the misinformation for generations.

I am open to receiving feedback with references to evidence to correct any mistakes I may have made when referring to topics in any clippings/articles, or photos. I will be making updates to this post as necessary.

The Sun Journal - October 2, 1901. The article below is one of the few published works that specifically notified the public of the misinformation and disrespect that had recently appeared in some newspapers. The phrase "yellow journalism" was used to draw attention to the misinformation. Even today, it is very challenging to have misinformation that has been available to the public for generations to be professionally accepted and corrected, even when verifiable evidence is provided...sigh...

"Yellow Journalism" in some newspapers ignited this response in 1901

Sun Journal - October 2, 1901

1885

Even though this sketch of TR appeared in a 1896 article, it kicks things off with the next couple of clippings, which mention the Badlands and Elkhorn Ranch.

Portland Daily Press - September 5, 1896

A newspaper clipping of Wilmot Dow's wedding in July 1885. After the wedding, Wilmot, his wife, Lizzie, his Aunt Mary Sewall, and cousin Kittie Sewall (Bill Sewall's wife and daughter) traveled out to live and work at Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch.

Sun Journal - July 17, 1885

1886

TR did develop many connections with Mainers over the years.  Below is an early one with Joseph Homan Manley, Esq, who was very active in the Republican Party in Maine. He served on the Maine Republican State Committee, 1881-1890, and chaired it for 15 years. I'd like to learn what his request was for TR.

Kennebec Journal - September 30, 1886

Sewall and Dow returned to Island Falls from Medora.

Sun Journal - October 14, 1886

1887

Sewall worked for many years in the lumber industry.

Sun Journal - September 29, 1887

1891

A newspaper clipping of Wilmot S. Dow's obituary in May 1891.

Sun Journal - May 27, 1891

The death of Wilmot S. Dow is mentioned in the clipping below.

Kennebec Journal - June 24, 1891

1893

"Lizzie" Dow, Wilmot Dow's widow, whose full name was Elizabeth A (Ann/Anna) Edwards.

William Sewall mentioned too.

Bangor Daily News - December 15, 1893

1894

A fire in Lizzie Dow's house on Depot Street in Island Falls

Bangor Daily News - May 25, 1894

1895

Sewall served the local communities, doing many different roles.

Sun Journal - February 8, 1895

Another Mainer involved with TR in the Badlands tracking thieves was Frederick Leighton Odlin.

Sun Journal - August 13, 1895

Lizzie (spelled as Lizzid in the clipping below) Dow married Mr. Fleetwood Pride on September 1, 1895.

With the Dow and Sewall family connection, Mr Pride would join Lizzie in attending TR invitations.

Bangor Daily News - September 5, 1895

1896

Sewall resigned as an agent for American Express.

Evening Express - July 10, 1896

1898

Fred Herrig, a Roosevelt "Rough Rider in Troop K," was also employed by TR at the Elkhorn Ranch and answered a question about TR in the clipping below. "Will" Dow is mentioned. Over time, occasionally, Wilmot was referred to as "Will." 

Bangor Daily News - November 9, 1898

1899

Through the next 20 years of newspaper clippings/articles listed in this post, beginning in 1899, you will read several that talk about Theodore Roosevelt hoping to make plans to visit Bill Sewall in Island Falls. TR never did revisit the Sewall House after departing in September 1879, his 3rd visit in two years.

Sun Journal April 4, 1899

Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow arrived in the Dakotas in mid-summer 1884 to work for TR at

his ranch. They built TR's Elkhorn Ranch house and various ranch buildings. After the

construction of the Elkhorn Ranch was completed in the spring of 1885, Wilmot traveled back to Island Falls that summer and married his wife, Lizzie. Then Wilmot, with his wife, Lizzie, and his Aunt Mary Sewall (Bill's wife), with the Sewalls' daughter, Kittie, traveled back to the Elkhorn Ranch to live together.

Mary Sewall and Lizzie Dow each gave birth to a "Badlands Baby" in August 1886 at Elkhorn Ranch. In October 1886, the Sewalls and the Dows, anticipating challenges in maintaining a safe and manageable ranch business, agreed with TR and left the Elkhorn Ranch to restart their futures back in Island Falls.

Kennebec Journal - April 7, 1899

Republican Journal -June 1, 1899

1901

An article describing TR's first visit to Island Falls and misspelling Wilmot Dow's name. 

"Yellow Journalism" misinformation about tracking a bird under a bed and stating that Wilmot Dow dies in the Dakotas.

Evening Express - September 25, 1901

As mentioned earlier, the misinformation about TR, Sewall, and Dow was published and was made available publicly to spread the misinformation for generations. This article is a duplicate of several other newspapers that describe TR's first visit to Island Falls and misspell Wilmot Dow's name. 

"Yellow Journalism" misinformation about tracking a bird under a bed and stating that Wilmot Dow dies in the Dakotas.

Bangor Daily News - September 27, 1901

Colonel Ira Gardiner lived in Patten, Maine. Patten, Maine, is 10 miles west of Island Falls, where Bill Sewall lived. They were friends. Gardner fought in the Civil War. He and his wife attended the funeral of President McKinley. He was also connected to Theodore Roosevelt.

Bangor Daily News - September 28, 1901

"Yellow Journalism" in some newspapers ignited this response in 1901

Sun Journal - October 2, 1901

Bangor Daily News - October 7, 1901

1902

Theodore Roosevelt was the Vice-President of the United States from March 1901 to September 1901, when he was sworn in as President following the assassination of the 25th President, William McKinley.

President Roosevelt was scheduled to tour the New England states later in the summer of 1902. TR did visit Maine for two days in August 1902. He did not travel up to Island Falls. Bill Sewall

visited with and traveled with Roosevelt during the two-day tour in Maine.

Click here to view the post of TR's Presidential tour of Maine - August 26 & 27, 1902

Kennebec Journal - June 19, 1902

Kennebec Journal - June 25, 1902

Bangor Daily News - July 29, 1902

Evening Express - August 28, 1902

Time Record - August 28, 1902

Sun Journal - August 28, 1902

Sun Journal - August 28, 1902

Kennebec Journal - August 28, 1902

Bangor Daily News - August 28, 1902 - Page 1 and 2

I'll be looking to verify the statement in the last paragraph about Sewall self-amputating a finger...

Bangor Daily News - August 28, 1902 - Page 2

Below is just the segment that mentions TR and Bill Sewall.

Bangor Daily News - August 29, 1902

Sun Journal - August 29, 1902

Kennebec Journal - August 30, 1902

Kennebec Journal - September 3, 1902

It's "Will" Dow

Times Record - September 13, 1902

Bangor Daily News - December 31, 1902

1903

Evening Express - January 1, 1903

Lewiston Daily Sun - January 5, 1903

As you scroll down this first article, you'll see the heading of one story, They Met in '76. Actually, TR

visited Island Falls for the first time and met Bill Sewall in 1878.

Bangor Daily News - January 26, 1903

Below is an advertisement using Bill Sewall's invitation to WDC to attract attention to its product

Bangor Daily News - February 2, 1903

Kennebec Journal - February 6, 1903

Sun Journal - February 6, 1903

Sun Journal - February 6, 1903

Sun Journal - February 6, 1903

The caption at the bottom of the sketch below states that the building is Bill Sewall's home in Island Falls. Actually, that sketch is of Bill Sewall's camp at Mattawamkeag Lake. Scroll back up to the January 26, 1903, article with several sketches. There is one of the Sewall House and one of the Sewall Camp.

Mr. & Mrs. Pride are mentioned in the article below, with the President on his western ranch. When Mrs. Pride was married to Wilmot S. Sewall, yes, she and Wilmot were with TR, 1885 - 1886, at the Elkhorn Ranch. Also mentioned... "...a son of the Sewalls who was born on the western ranch...". The

Sewall's son, Fred Sewall, was born August 5, 1886, in the Elkhorn Ranch in the Dakotas.

Evening Express - February 6, 1903

Bangor Daily News - February 7, 1903

Kennebec Journal - February 7, 1903

Evening Express - February 7, 1903

Bangor Daily News - February 9, 1903

Lewiston Daily Sun - February 9, 1903

Sun Journal - February 9, 1903 - page 5

Sun Journal - February 9, 1903 - page 4

Evening Express - February 10, 1903

Evening Express - February 10, 1903

Kennebec Journal - February 11, 1903

Lewiston Daily Sun - February 11, 1903

Sun Journal - February 13, 1903

Sun Journal - February 14, 1903

Alice Roosevelt during a visit to Dark Harbor, Islesboro, Maine. Theodore's younger daughter, Ethel, married Richard Derby. Richard's parents owned a summer home in Dark Harbor, Isleboro, Maine. Islesboro is an island off the coast of Maine, between Camden and Belfast. TR, his wife, Edith, and their son Quentin's fiancée, Flora Whitney, visited Dark Harbor in Islesboro after Quentin died in the summer of 1918, during WWI. Click here to view the post on the Dark Harbor visit. 

Evening Express - February 16, 1903

Evening Express - February 16, 1903

Evening Express - February 16, 1903

Bill Sewall's middle name is Wingate.

TR's daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt, was named after her mother, Alice Hathaway Lee.

Through her mother's Lee family, she is a direct descendant of John Wingate (1636-1687).

Bill Sewall was named after Hon. William P. Wingate.

William P. Wingate was also a direct descendant of John Wingate (1636-1687).

Bill Sewall, himself, was not a direct descendant of John Wingate. You can read the short story about why Bill's parents named him after William Wingate on page 17 of Andrew Vietze's award-winning book Becoming Teddy Roosevelt - How a Maine Guide Inspired America's 26th President.

Kennebec Journal - February 18, 1903

Sun Journal - February 19, 1903

Evening Express - February 19, 1903

The only recent sketch/picture in a Portland paper I've located so far is of the Sewall camp, not the Sewall House. The January 26, 1903, Bangor Daily News article does have a sketch of both.

Bangor Daily News - February 21, 1903

Bangor Daily News - February 24, 1903

Kennebec Journal - February 24, 1903

Evening Express - February 26, 1903

Evening Express - February 26, 1903

Lewiston Daily Sun - February 28,1903

Evening Express - February 28, 1903

"Sewall" is spelled correctly in the heading, but not throughout the article...fyi

Portland Sunday Telegram - March 1, 1903 - page 3

Again, the sketch below is of Sewall's camp at Mattawamkeag Lake and not of the Sewall House.

Portland Sunday Telegram - March 1, 1903

Portland Sunday Telegram - March 1, 1903 - last clip

Portland Sunday Telegram - March 1, 1903 - page 2

Bangor Daily News - March 2, 1903 - page 1

Bangor Daily News - March 2, 1903 - page 5

Kennebec Journal - March 2, 1903

Evening Express - March 2, 1903

Kennebec Journal - March 3, 1903

Sun Journal - March 3, 1902

Evening Express - March 3, 1903

Evening Express - March 4, 1903

Bangor Daily News - March 7, 1903

Kennebec Journal - March 10, 1903

Capt. Seth Bullock of SD ranked well up as Sewall with TR

Republican Journal - March 12, 1903

Kennebec Journal - May 26, 1903

Sun Journal - May 26, 1903

The Roosevelt boys are not coming to Maine

Bangor Daily News - May 29, 1903

Kennebec Journal - June 10, 1903

Bangor Daily News - June 11, 1903

Sun Journal - June 23, 1903

Bangor Daily News - June 24, 1903 - page 2

Bangor Daily News - June 24, 1903 - page 7

1904

Brunswick Record - January 8, 1904

Sun Journal - April 7, 1904

Sun Journal - April 16, 1904

Bangor Daily News - November 12, 1904

Bangor Daily News - November 14, 1904

Bangor Daily News - November 15, 1904

Sun Journal - November 19, 1904

Brunswick Record - November 25, 1904

Evening Express - December 6, 1904 - page 1

Sun Journal - Decmber 12, 1904

Evening Express - December 12, 1904 - page 12

Evening Express - December 12, 1904 - page 12 - last clip

"Yellow Journalism" - TR did not visit Maine in 1881

Lewiston Daily Sun - December 12, 1904

Bangor Daily News - December 16, 1904

Sun Journal - December 19, 1904

1905

Sun Journal - March 1, 1905

Bangor Daily News - March 2, 1905

Kennebec Journal - March 3, 1905

Sun Journal - March 4, 1905

Sun Journal - March 6, 1905 - last clip

Evening Express - March 8, 1905

Alice Roosevelt was invited to visit Island Falls

Kennebec Journal - May 1, 1905

Evening Express - May 1, 1905

The clippings below are part of a promotion to encourage readers to buy the Saturday, May 6th issue of the newspaper to read a series of feature articles. One of the featured articles will be about Bill Sewall. The next article in this list is the May 6th article about Bill Sewall. 

Sun Journal - May 5, 1905

Sun Journal - May 6, 1905 - last clip

Sun Journal - May 20, 1905 - last clip

Bangor Daily News - July 4, 1905

Sewall purchases 160 acres on Mattawamkeag Lake. Future for Hook Point Camps

Sun Journal - July 28, 1905

Sun Journal - November 1, 1905

Bangor Daily News - November 2, 1905

Evening Express - November 6, 1905

Sun Journal - November 18, 1905

Sun Journal - December 16, 1905

Kennebec Journal - December 18, 1905

Sun Journal - December 18, 1905

Bangor Daily News - December 18, 1905

Kennebec Journal - December 20, 1905

Sun Journal - December 21, 1905 - page 1

Sun Journal - December 21, 1905 - page 4

Bangor Daily News - December 21, 1905

The Brunswick Record - December 22, 1905

Sun Journal - December 23, 1905 - last clip

Bangor Daily News - December 23, 1905

Evening Express - December 29, 1905

1906

Bangor Daily News - January 3, 1906

Lewiston Daily Sun - January 5, 1906

Bangor Daily News - January 20, 1906

Portland Sunday Telegram - February 11, 1906

Bangor Daily News - February 12, 1906

Sun Journal - February 12, 1906

Bangor Daily News - February 13, 1906

Lewiston Daily Sun - February 13, 1906

Sun Journal - February 13, 1906

Sun Journal - February 14, 1906

The Times Record - February 14, 1906

Republican Journal - February 15, 1906

Sun Journal - February 15, 1906

Kennebec Journal - February 16, 1906

Bangor Daily News - February 16, 1906

Kennebec Journal - February 16, 1906

Bangor Daily News - February 23, 1906

Kennebec Journal - February 27, 1906

Lewiston Journal- March 28, 1906

 

Sun Journal - June 13, 1906

Lewiston Daily Sun - August 18, 1906

Bangor Daily News - October 20, 1906

Sun Journal - October 27, 1906

Bangor Daily News - October 27, 1906

Kennebec Journal - October 29, 1906

1907

Sun Journal - January 5, 1907

Bangor Daily News - January 7, 1907

Sun Journal - January 12, 1907

Bangor Daily News - January 12, 1907

Bangor Daily News - February 6, 1907

Kennebec Journal - February 27, 1907

Sun Journal - March 6, 1907

Sun Journal - March 7, 1907 - page 10

President Roosevelt - mid-term feedback in the Hartford Courant, newspaper, posted in the Sun Journal

Sun Journal - March 7, 1907 (Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT)

Bangor Daily News - March 9, 1907

Sun Journal - March 13, 1907

Sun Journal - April 11, 1907

Lewiston Daily Sun - April 19, 1907

Bangor Daily News - April 19, 1907

Bangor Daily News - June 8, 1907

Portland Sunday Telegram - July 21, 1907

TR and Sewall are mentioned in an article about Francis Murphy. Only this segment of the article is included. The inclusion is to connect Murphy's sincerity with TR's known sincerity towards Sewall and others.

Bangor Daily News - July 25, 1907 - page 4

Bangor Daily News - July 25, 1907 - page 8

Bangor Daily News - August 12, 1907

John Roberts was charged with the murder of J. Edgar Dickinson. William Sewall is mentioned in John Robert's story in court. Of course, you will notice the first name of Sewall is interesting. In future newspaper articles, William had to testify in court. This clipping is only the segment including Sewall.

Bangor Daily News - October 11, 1907

Bangor Daily News - October 12, 1907

Sun Journal - December 28, 1907

1908

Times Record - February 8, 1908

Lewiston Daily Sun - February 11, 1908

Bangor Daily News - March 11, 1908

Sun Journal - March 11, 1908

The Time Record - March 13, 1908

William Sewal and his daughter, Nancy, are mentioned at the bottom.

Bangor Daily News - March 25, 1908

Below is Bill Sewall in a photo taken during an interview by the Journal Wayfarer on Thursday, July 9, 1908, and posted in the Sun Journal - July 14, 1908.

Sun Journal - July 14, 1908

The Times Record - July 16, 1908

Kennebec Journal - July 17, 1908

Lewiston Daily Sun - August 3, 1908

Sun Journal - August 22, 1908

Sun Journal - October 3, 1908

The Republican Journal - October 15, 1908

A friend of Bill Sewall's with an incredible working life in the Maine terrain

Sun Journal - December 2, 1908

TR wrote letters to Sewall and mentioned how much he (TR) liked the gift of socks. Now we know where Sewall acquired the socks from :)

Bangor Daily News - December 30, 1908

1909

 

Lewiston Daily Sun - January 6, 1909

Sun Journal - January 6, 1909

Bangor Daily News - January 7, 1909

Bangor Daily News - January 16, 1909

Bangor Daily News - January 22, 1909

Full story on Saving the Beavers.

Bangor Daily News - January 29, 1909

The Kennebec Journal - March 5, 1909

Bangot Daily News - May 18, 1909

Sun Journal - September 1, 1909

A reference to Sewall and the protection of wild animals.

Bangor Daily News - September 25, 1909

The Kennebec Journal - October 29, 1909

Bangor Daily News - November 2, 1909

The Kennebec Journal - December 25, 1909

1910

Lewiston Daily Sun - January 8, 1910

Sun Journal - January 10, 1910

Bangor Daily News - February 22, 1910

Portland Sunday Telegram - January 23, 1910

Sun Journal - February 21, 1910

Kennebec Journal - February 22, 1910

Lewiston Daily Sun - February 22, 1910

Kennebec Journal - March 24, 1910

Bangor Daily News - May 3, 1901

The Sun Journal published a full page on the Five US Presidents who had visited Maine - below is TR

Sun Journal - July 21, 1910

Bangor Daily News - July 23, 1910

The Times Record - July 30, 1910

Kennebec Journal - October 24, 1910

1911

Lewiston Daily Sun - July 8, 1911

Sun Journal - July 10, 1911

Sun Journal - October 10, 1911

Bangor Daily News - October 14, 1911

C. F. Davis lives in Newport, Maine.

Bangor Daily News - December 29, 1911

1912

Sun Journal - March 23, 1912

Bangor Daily News - March 23, 1912

Portland Sunday Telegram - March 24, 1912

The opening refers to Sewall. The rest of Tr's speech is not included in this post.

Bangor Daily News - March 25, 1912

Lewiston Daily Sun - March 25, 1912 - page 1

Lewiston Daily Sun - March 25, 1912 - page 4

A couple of segments from the full-page articles of TR in Portland on March 23, 1912. TR was attending the Republican Party's annual State gathering as he sought to be the Party's Presidential candidate.

Sun Journal - March 25, 1912 - page 8

Sun Journal - March 25, 1912 - page 9

The Times Record - March 27, 1912

The Brunswick Record - March 29, 1912

Sun Journal - September 9, 1912

Sun Journal - October 12, 1912

The Times Record - October 12, 1912

Wedding of Sewall's son, Merrill.

The Times Record - October 16, 1912

Bangor Daily News - October 16, 1912

Sun Journal - November 1, 1912 - page 2

Sun Journal - November 1, 1912 - page 5 - last clip

Sun Journal - November 2, 1912 - last clip

Sun Journal - November 16, 1912

Bangor Daily News - November 18, 1912

Bangor Daily News - November 29, 1912

Kennebec Journal - November 30, 1912

Sun Journal - November 30, 1912

The Times Record - November 30, 1912 - last clip

Sun Journal - December 3, 1912 - page 3

Sun Journal - December 3, 1912 - page 6

Kennebec Journal - December 4, 1912 - last clip

 

Kennebec Journal - December 18, 1912 - page 2

Kennebec Journal - December 18, 1912 - page 7

Kennebec Journal - December 19, 1912

1913

Sewall's grandfather, Samuel T. Sewall, passed away on March 13.

Bangor Daily News - March 20, 1913

Kennebec Journal - May 21, 1913

Bangor Daily News - September 4, 1913

1914

Sun Journal - February 17, 1914

Kennebec Journal - March 17, 1914 - last clip

Sun Journal - March 24, 1914

Sun Journal - April 11, 1914

Bangor Daily News - June 12, 1914

Sun Journal - June 12, 1914

Bangor Daily News - August 5, 1914

Sun Journal - August 13, 1914

Sun Journal - August 17, 1914

These next clips are from TR's August 14, 1914, visit to Maine. The day he rode in the "Narcissus."

(Bill Sewall was not mentioned in the remaining clips)

Sun Journal - August 18, 1914 - last clip

Bangor Daily News - August 19, 1914

Sun Journal - August 26, 1914

Sun Journal - August 28, 1914 - last clip

Sun Journal - September 5, 1914

Lewiston Daily Sun - November 23, 1914

Lewsiton Daily Sun - December 23, 1914

1915

Bangor Daily News - June 26, 1915

Biddeford-Saco Journal - December 27, 1915

1916

Bangor Daily News - April 7, 1916

Sun Journal - April 7, 1916

Sun Journal - April 8, 1916 - last clip

Kennebec Journal - April 15, 1916

Lewiston Daily Sun - April 15, 1916

Kennebec Journal - May 4, 1916

Bangor Daily News - May 5, 1916

Kennebec Journal - August 12, 1916

Here are two clips that both mention Bill Sewall from the full article about TR's visit to Portland on August 31, 1916. He did ride in the "Clematis" to Lewiston.

Lewiston Daily Sun - September 1, 1916

Bangor Daily News - September 4, 1916

TR-Sewall conversation during dinner in Lewiston on August 31, 1916

Sun Journal - September 2, 1916 - last clip

Kennebec Journal - September 8, 1916

1917

Evening Express - February 28, 1917

Sun Journal - September 22, 1917 - pages 28 and 29

Bangor Daily News - November 12, 1917

1918

Sun Journal - March 23, 1918

A segment that mentions Sewall when TR arrives in Portland to attend the annual State gathering of the Republican Party.

Biddeford and Saco Journal - March 28, 1918

Evening Express - March 28, 1918

Evening Express - March 28, 1918

TR fulfilled a request from the publisher to write an introduction to a book being put together titled, Maine My State. TR wrote an intro titled, May Debt to Maine, signed it on March 20, 1918, and sent it to the publisher. TR talked about the contents of his intro while he was in Portland, Maine, later that month. The book was published and released in 1919. Click here to view the post on TR's intro, My Debt to Maine. Of course, the intro revolves around the Sewall and Dow families and TR's reflection on the incredible positive impact he embraced and utilized throughout his life.

One of the original 1919 copies I have. PWM

The beginning of TR's intro

The end of TR's intro.

Sun Journal - March 28, 1918

Times Record - March 28, 1918

Only the early segment of the article that mentions the Sewalls and the Prides meeting TR

Bangor Daily News - March 29, 1918

Lewiston Daily Sun - March 29, 1918

Sun Journal - April 30, 1918

Theodore Roosevelt's son, Quentin, was killed during World War I on July 14, 1918. Later in July, TR and his wife, Edith, would travel to Maine to be with daughter Ethel and her children at Dark Harbor in Islesboro, an island off the coast between Camden and Belfast on the mainland.

Click here to view the post of the Dark Harbor visit in 1918. TR's last visit to Maine. TR passed away less than six months later :(

Evening Express - July 17, 1918

One of the Charles D. Heseltine Collections at the Maine

Historical Society's archives in Portland, Maine, in the Brown

Research Library has a large folder with newspaper clippings/articles.

Here is a photo I took of Quentin Roosevelt's photo on one of the pages

in Heseltine's Collection, Scrapbook 79. The date is handwritten. There is no

reference to the newspaper it was removed from. PWM

I'm searching for evidence of TR's daughter, Ethel Roosevelt Derby, visiting the Sewall family in 1918. My understanding is that she drove a car up there with Quentin's fiancée, Flora Payne Whitney. Probably in mid-August, while Flora was visiting Ethel in Dark Harbor, Islesboro, Maine. Below is a September 8, 1918, letter from TR to Bill Sewall that mentions his daughter having visited with a friend.

Click Here: to see Joe's Substack post on the series of letters from TR to Sewall over 40+ years from the

Library of Congress Collection. 

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1919

Sun Journal - January 6, 1919 - last clip

Evening Express - January 7, 1919

Lewiston Daily Sun - January 7, 1919

Bangor Daily News - January 7, 1919 - page 3

Bangor Daily News - January 7, 1919 -page 12

Evening Express - January 10, 1919

Bangor Daily News - January 16, 1919

Evening Express - January 16, 1919

The Republican Journal - January 16, 1919

Bangor Daily News - February 6, 1919

The Times Record - February 20, 1919

Bangor Daily News - February 22, 1919

Evening Express - February 25, 1919

Evening Express - March 24, 1919

Brunswick Record - March 28, 1919

Bangor Daily News - March 29, 1919

The Times Record - April 7, 1919

Bangor Daily News - May 2, 1919

The screenshot below is of the son of Thomas J. Brittian, and he died in Europe during WWI, the same summer as TR's son, Quentin.

Facebook Post - 2021

Bangor Daily News - June 12, 1919

Bangor Daily News - September 26, 1919

Evening Express -  October 4, 1919

Bill Sewall released his TR book

One of the first editions, which was released in 1919, is

in my TR collection.

Sun Journal - October 6, 1919

Sun Journal - October 16, 1919

Sun Journal October 18, 1919 - last clip 24

Sun Journal - October 18, 1919 - first clip 25

Sun Journal - October 18, 1919 - last clip 25

Sun Journal - October 18, 1919 - clip 27

Kennebec Journal - October 28, 1919

The Times Record - November 3, 1919

Bangor Daily News - December 12, 1919

1920

This article is about Theodore Roosevelt, III (commonly known and referred to as Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.), who was a Major in the military during World War I.

Bangor Daily News - January 29, 1920

Bill Sewall was one of the Forestry and Woodcraft practical experts involved in courses at the Roosevelt Military Academy 

Kennebec Journal -- August 8, 1920

Sun Journal - September 9, 1920

Obituary of Elizabeth "Lizzie" A. Dow Pride.

Bangor Daily News - November 19, 1920

A statement about "Lizzie" Dow Pride's will.

Bangor Daily - December 6, 1920

1921

Kennebec Journal - February 5, 1921

Sun Journal - February 5, 1921

Evening Journal - February 16, 1921

Sewall was a member of the Maine committee established to generate ideas to memorialize TR, and he was also a member of the TR Memorial Committee in NY. I will post links with Maine connections.

Click here to view the post on the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway

Portland Sunday Telegram - March 27, 1921

Kennebec Journal - April 30, 1921

Kennebec Journal - June 23, 1921

Sun Journal - June 24, 1921

Click here to view the post on the early history of Camp Roosevelt in Clifton, Maine

Portland Sunday Telegram - July 10, 1921

Bangor Daily News - July 15, 1921

Lewiston Daily Sun - July 22, 1921

Sun Journal - August 16, 1921

Click here to view the post of my visit to Theodore Roosevelt's  Memorial at Bible Point in Island Falls and photos of Bill Sewall there.

The Brunswick Record - August 19, 1921

Click here to view the post of my visit to the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Tablet at the Good Will-Hinckley Trail. Included are many photos and screenshots of letters to/from Roosevelt family members. The archives are housed at the L.C. Bates Library on campus. Bill Sewall attended and participated in the dedication on September 5th.

L. C. Bates Museum at Good Will-Hinckley in Fairfield, Maine

Lewiston Daily Sun - September 6, 1921

Bangor Daily News - September 6, 1921 - page 3

Bangor Daily News - September 6, 1921 - page 5

Sun Journal - September 7, 1921

The Brunswick Record - September 9, 1921

The Republican Journal - September 15, 1921

Evening Express - October 20, 1921

Kennebec Journal - October 20, 1921

Sun Journal - October 21, 1921

Bangor Daily News - November 24, 1921

Hook Point Camps' letterhead used to correspond, signed by Sewalls.

December 31, 1921

1922

Evening Express - January 23, 1922

Portland Press Herald - January 26, 1922

Portland Press Herald - January 30, 1922

Evening Express - January 31, 1922

Portland Press Herald - February 1, 1922

Sun Journal - February 4, 1922

Evening Express - February 6, 1922

Portland Press Herald - February 6, 1922

Evening Express - February 7, 1922

Portland Press Herald - February 7, 1922

Bangor Daily News - February 9, 1922

The Brunswick Record - February 9, 1922

Kennebec Journal - February 23, 1922

The Times Record - March 6. 1922

The Times Record - March 8, 1922

The Times Record - March 9, 1922

Evening Express - March 10, 1922

The TimesRecord - March 10, 1922

Sun Journal - March 24, 1922

Sun Journal - March 25, 1922 - last clip

Bangor Daily News - May 12, 1922

This clip below kicks off the first of twelve newspaper articles about the book TR's sister, Corinne, released. There will be a separate post on her visits to Maine. The post will include the twelve newspaper articles by her about her book on her brother.

Portland Press Herald - May 22, 1922

Evening Express - June 9, 1922

Bangor Daily News - June 24, 1922

Bangor Daily News - August 29, 1922

Bangor Daily News - September 18, 1922

Evening Express - November 13, 1922

The Times Record - December 27, 1922

1923

Bangor Daily News - March 22, 1923

Evening Express - March 26, 1923

Lewsiton Daily Sun - March 29, 1923

Bangor Daily News - April 10, 1923

Bangor Daily News - April 24, 1923

Bangor Daily News - July 21, 1923

Bill Sewall's parents are mentioned early in this segment of the full article. 

Bangor Daily News - October 8, 1923

Bangor Daily News - October 20, 1923

Bangor Daily News - October 29, 1923

Bangor Daily News - December 8, 1923

1924

Bangor Daily News - May 19, 1924

A short segment below from the full page

Portland Press Herald - August 12, 1924

Bangor Daily News - September 5, 1924

Bangor Daily News - December 22, 1924

1925

Kennebec Journal - January 6, 1925

Bill Sewall, at age 80, is the holder of the gold-headed cane.

Bangor Daily News - May 28, 1925

Portland Press Herald - July 18, 1925

Portland Press Herald - August 18, 1925

Sewall visits Fred C Watson in Biddeford - Fred was a ranch hand in the Badlands and worked with

Bill Sewall, Wilmot Dow, and Theodore Roosevelt

Biddeford-Saco Journal - December 23, 1925

Kennebec Journal - December 26, 1925

1926

Sun Journal - January 27, 1926

Lewsiton Daily Sun - January 28, 1926

Kennebec Journal - February 26, 1926

Bangor Daily News - July 8, 1926

Bangor Daily News - October 9, 1926

Sun Journal - November 6, 1926

Bangor Daily News - November 20, 1926

1927

Bangor Daily News - March 31, 1927

Bangor Daily News - April 16, 1927

Bangor Daily News - August 12, 1927

Portland Press Herald - August 15, 1927

1928

Portland Press Herald - February 6, 1928

Bangor Daily News - May 18, 1928

The screenshot below is a page from the 1928 Directory - State of Maine Inland Fisheries and Game Department, with Andrew Brittain's name listed with the Non-Paid Wardens. Andrew was born in 1866.

Pg. 4-1928 Directory-Maine Inland Fisheries and Game Department

Kennebec Journal - August 18, 1928

Bangor Daily News - September 5, 1928

Portland Press Herald - October 27, 1928

Portland Press Herald - October 28, 1928

1929

Bangor Daily News - July 1, 1929

Bangor Daily News - August 8, 1929

Bangor Daily News - September 23, 1929

The Times Record - September 24, 1929

1930

Bill Sewall was born on April 13, 1845. He passed away on March 16, 1930, just shy of 85 years old.

Portland Press Herald - March 17, 1930

Sun Journal - March 17, 1930

Bangor Daily News - March 17, 1930

Evening Express - March 18, 1930

Bangor Daily News - March 22, 1930

Sun Journal - April 9, 1930

Portland Press Herald - June 29, 1930

Bangor Daily News - September 5, 1930

Portland Press Herald - November 22, 1930

1931

Below is the article mentioned in the opening of this post. It was posted a year after William passed away (March 15, 1930) by the Bangor Daily News on July 7, 1931

Bangor Daily News - July 7, 1931

Bangor Daily News - November 3, 1931

Bangor Daily News - November 3, 1931

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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. 

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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.

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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 narratives.

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     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.

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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 😊