September 6, 1901, President William McKinley is shot in Buffalo, NY.
He succumbs and dies from his wound. On September 14, 1901, Vice
President Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United
States when he is sworn into office at Wilcox Mansion in Buffalo, NY. He is
the youngest to become President (age 42). PWM
Updated 3-12-2023
Part 2 - 1901-1909
Click Here - Part 1 - 1858-1900
Click Here - Part 3 - 1910-1919
Theodore Roosevelt's Timeline and Parallels with
Seashore Trolley Museum's Historic Railway Collection
Theodore Roosevelt utilized rail transportation throughout his life.
This is an image of Portland Lewiston Interurban (PLI) No.14, Narcissus.
On August 18, 1914, TR was a passenger on the Narcissus from
Lewiston (ME) to Portland (ME). He would ride a PLI
interurban again on August 31, 1916, this time, No. 16, Clematis, from Portland (ME) to
Lewiston (ME). The Narcissus is currently undergoing restoration
Kennebunkport, Maine.
Seashore Trolley Museum's extensive collection includes railway vehicles and buildings that were built and were part of the fabric of public transportation throughout TR's life.
Trolley description details from the Seashore Trolley Museum website, A Guide to the Seashore Trolley Museum Collection, and from Historic Cars by Ben Minnich.
Theodore Roosevelt's timeline info was taken from NPS Theodore Roosevelt's Timeline.
Theodore Roosevelt (Left) Seashore Trolley Museum Collection (Right)
Timelines (abridged)
Click Here for the TR the 26th President of the U.S. - site To see more details on any of the vehicles
Click Here for the TR Dam - Salt River - site Click Here - Tower C Travels to STM
Click Here for the POTUS TR visits Auburn- site
Click Here for the POTUS TR visits to Lewiston - site
Click Here for the POTUS TR visits Lisbon Falls - site
Click Here for the POTUS TR visits Brunswick - site
Click Here for the POTUS TR visits Augusta - site
Click Here for the POTUS TR visits Waterville - site
Click Here for the POTUS visits Bangoe - site
Click Here for the POTUS visits Ellsworth - site
To see the STM Cars in the National Register of Historic Places Click Here
Click Here for Sully Hill NP (White Horse Hill GP 1921) and then enter the car ##, scroll & hit enter
To see the STM Cars in the National Register of Historic Places Click Here
Click Here for the Witchita Forest & GP - site and then enter the car ##, scroll & hit enter
Click Here for the Platt NP (Became Chickasaw NRA - site
Click Here for the Chickasaw National Recreation Area - site
Click Here for the Mesa Verde NP - site
Click Here for the Antiquities Act - site
Click Here for the First 18 National Monuments - site
Click Here for the Devil's Tower NM - site
Click Here for the El Morro NM - site
Click Here for the Chaco Canyon NM - site
Click Here for the Petrified Forest NM - site
Click Here for the Montezuma Castle NM - site
Click Here for the POTUS TR accepts the Nobel Peace Prize - site to see more details on any of the vehicles
Click Here for the Tonto NM - site
Click Here for the First Conference of Governors (scroll down a page or two) - site
Click Here for the National Conservation Commission - site
Click Here for the Muir Woods NM - site in the Museum's Collection Click Here
Click Here for the Jewel Cave NM - site Click Here for the history of the
Click Here for the Lewis and Clark Cavern NM - site
Click Here for the Tumacacori NM - site
Click Here for the Wheeler NM (now part of Rio Grande NF) - site
Click Here for the Mount Olympus NM (became NP) - site
Click Here for the former POTUS TR goes on an African Safari - site
Click Here - Part 1 - 1858-1900
Click Here - Part 3 - 1910-1919
Resources
Many Theodore Roosevelt-related Links are here - scroll down from here
Following the guidance of the Maine Department of Education, these lesson plan units target the
2019 Maine Learning Results for Social Studies and Common Core State Standards:
English Language Arts Standards > History/Social Studies > Grades 6-8
The lesson plans in this companion to the curriculum explore a variety of topics including;
- The history of the trolley used in early 20th Century Maine
- Maine rural life at the turn of the century,
- The story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine
- World War One
- The flu pandemic of 1918-1920
Maine Historical Society has created eight companion lesson plan units inspired
by Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride - These companion curricula State-standard-based
units for classroom use in grades 3-5 & 6-8 are now available as open-access
resources online through the Seashore Trolley Museum's website
www.trolleymuseum.org/elegantride/ and online at
Maine Memory Network with other statewide K-12 lesson plans.
Content Areas and Strands:
* Social Studies - Civics & Government
* Social Studies - Geography
* Social Studies - History
Duration: 8-18 days
Period: 1851-1920
Bicentennial Themes:
* Living in Maine
* The Business of Maine
* Maine Leads
* The Maine Character
Intended Outcomes:
- Students will practice the skills involved in researching and analyzing primary sources.
- Students will practice historical research skills.
- Students will be able to identify different modes of transportation historically used in Maine
- Students will be able to answer why the use of the trolley system was innovative and efficient.
- Students will be able to identify different types of trolley cars that were used in Maine.
- Students will be able to describe the history of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban and the Narcissus.
- Students will be able to describe the shift from small family farms to commercial farming in ME.
- Students will be able to identify the major agricultural industries and products historically associated with Maine.
- Students will be able to describe life on an early 20th-century Maine family farm and how life has changed in Maine since the early 1900s.
- Students will be able to describe the difference between attending school in the early 20th century and attending school today.
- Students will be able to explain Theodore Roosevelt's connections to Maine and the people of Maine.
- Students will be able to describe the work and accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt.
- Students will be able to describe the platform of the Bull Moose Party.
- Students will be able to explain the role and duties of the president of the United States.
- Students will consider what qualities and skills would make a person a good candidate for President of the United States.
- Students will be able to describe the lives, work, and contributions of Americans on the home front during World War I using primary resources.
- Students will be able to explain what propaganda is and how it was used by the U. S. government during World War I.
- Students will be able to describe what many soldiers faced during World War I.
- Students will be able to describe the impact of the 1918-1920 flu pandemic on World War I and the people in Maine.
Titles of Companion Lesson Plan Units
* "Clang, Clang, Clang, Went the Trolley..."
* Then and Now: Life in Maine
* Maine Agriculture
* The Narcissus and the PLI (Portland-Lewiston Interurban)
* Teddy Roosevelt in Maine
* President Theodore Roosevelt
* World War l Letters
* United States Home Front and Propaganda during World War l
Vocabulary (Word banks and Reading activities) for grades 3-8, along with grades 6-8 ELA and History/Social Studies unit lesson plans are available now at www.trolleymuseum.org/elegantride/
Links to blog posts that include materials related to Lesson Plans above - More will be added over time
* "Clang, Clang, Clang, Went the Trolley..."
Click Here: Destinations Travel Times by Trolley "In-State" and to "Out-of-State"
Click Here: Field Guide to Maine Trolley Car Types - the 1870s-1930s
Click Here: Poetry Inspired by Trolleys and Operators 1898-1940
* Then and Now: Life in Maine
Click Here: Mildred Knowles Obrey 1908-2007 Oral History Transcript
* The Narcissus and the PLI (Portland-Lewiston Interurban)
Click Here: Narcissus and the PLI
Continue to scroll down to see links and resources People, Places, and Events in Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride.
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 - 26th President of the U.S. Whitehouse.gov
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 - Panama Hat President1906
TR - My Debt to Maine (TR's letter) TR Maine Heritage Trail post
TR - Sagamore Hill National Park Service
TR - Sagamore Hill Friends of Sagamore Hill
TR - Died January 6, 1919/Young Memorial Cemetery-Video Library of Congress
TR - Quotes ("Feet on the Ground...") Goodreads
TR - General Wood First World War
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 - 26th President of the U.S. Whitehouse.gov
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 - Panama Hat President1906
TR - My Debt to Maine (TR's letter) TR Maine Heritage Trail post
TR - Sagamore Hill National Park Service
TR - Sagamore Hill Friends of Sagamore Hill
TR - Died January 6, 1919/Young Memorial Cemetery-Video Library of Congress
TR - Quotes ("Feet on the Ground...") Goodreads
TR - General Wood First World War
TR - African Safari - 1909
Suffrage/Women's Rights
Maine and National Maine Suffrage Centennial
Women's Suffrage At Last (42-c) USHistory.org
Florence Whitehouse - suffragette/publicist Red Cross - Maine items - Maine Memory Network
Federal Suffrage amendment - Maine and National resources Maine Suffrage Centennial
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
Maine and National Maine Suffrage Centennial
Women's Suffrage At Last (42-c) USHistory.org
Florence Whitehouse - suffragette/publicist Red Cross - Maine items - Maine Memory Network
Federal Suffrage amendment - Maine and National resources Maine Suffrage Centennial
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
TR Children WW I - Library of Congress videos
Sons in Regiments - WWI-Video Library of Congress
Theodore (Ted) Roosevelt, Jr (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
TR and the Badlands/Dakota Territory
Timeline Theodore Roosevelt Center
William (Bill) W. Sewall
William W. Sewall Theodore Roosevelt Center
Bill Sewall & Wilmot Dow - National Park Service
Mattawamkeag, Maine (train station) Mattawamkeag Facebook page
"The County" - Aroostook County
TR's visits to Island Falls 1878 & 1879 TR Maine Heritage Trail post
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 Republican Party 1916 Library of Congress
Democratic Party - 1916 UCSB.edu
William McKinley (25th President of the U. S.) Whitehouse.gov
William Howard Taft (27th President of the U.S.) Whitehouse.gov
Woodrow Wilson (28th President of the U.S.) Whitehouse.gov
Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom-43g USHistory.org
Charles Evan Hughes ConstitutionCenter.org
A portion of my collection of TR-related books :)
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We continue the restoration work on the 1912, Narcissus, the only surviving high-speed, luxury interurban coach of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban.
Click Here: Narcissus Restoration-Related Posts
Being more than a century old, the stately, "Elegant Ride," Narcissus, is a gem. This shimmering precious stone of Maine transportation history is brilliantly resplendent as it emanates so many elements of history, including; time, places, people, and events, that it was coupled to, that when just a smattering of its seemingly innumerable stories are shared, the contents captivates, fascinates, then generates, interest to learn more 🙋. The majestic Narcissus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Please consider joining the epic journey to complete the Narcissus Project by making a donation today!
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The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one in a series of captivating stories containing an abundance of incredible coalition of narratives.
Click Here: History-Related Posts - Narcissus and Portland-Lewiston Interurban
The Narcissus is featured in the national Gold Award-winning novel, Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride. The "Elegant Ride" is the Narcissus. Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914, between Lewiston and Portland, Maine, while campaigning for the Progressive Party candidates.
Click Here: Bookstores and Businesses promoting the Narcissus Project
Independent book publisher, Phil Morse, holding
the Gold Book Award Winner plaque for
the Middle Reader category for The Eric
Hoffer Book Award. Congratulations to
award-winning Maine author,
Jean M. Flahive
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