The logo for the trail shows communities that have a
Roosevelt connection. Graphic "Designs by Reece"
Reece Saunders
Click Here to see the QR Code list for the Homeschoolers' Convention - April 2023
Updated 3-16-2023
“I owe a personal debt to Maine…” Theodore Roosevelt March 20, 1918
In 1872, Theodore Roosevelt, at age thirteen, began his long relationship with Maine when he traveled to Moosehead Lake for a week. His final personal visit occurred in 1918, to Dark Harbor, in Islesboro, less than six months before his death.
Theodore Roosevelt has connections with more than thirty-five Maine communities. Most were personal visits like his first in 1872. The Maine connections with Theodore Roosevelt, direct and indirect, and how meaningful those connections were to him in his life, will be featured in the materials presented on this page. For more details on each community visited, there will be a link to a page featuring those communities.
From Kittery to Presque Isle and Moosehead Lake to Mount Desert Island and many, many communities in between, TR traveled in Maine by train, steamer, stagecoach, electric interurban, walking, hiking, snowshoeing, canoeing, rowing a rowboat, horse-drawn carriages, horse-drawn sleigh, horse-drawn wagons, and in automobiles.
The development of the trail and the posts related to the trail are a work in progress. This is one of the early steps in making the materials available to the general public. The public unrolling of the various connections TR has in Maine will be done over time. Updates to previous posts will be ongoing as additional findings warrant the updates. It seems reasonable to state that continued research concerning TR and his Maine connections will never really cease to provide information that will enlighten readers. Here is the initial general summary of communities as of today (September 2022).
My Debt to Maine by Theodore Roosevelt - March 20, 1918 - The first social media post with the trail logo
Each community is identified with a star with a number or a
moose with a letter. The key to the logo landmarks is below.
Each moose represents a community that has an indirect
connection with Roosevelt, meaning he may not have paid
the community a visit, but there is a meaningful
connection to Roosevelt in that community. The stars
indicate a community that Roosevelt visited and probably
engaged with the people and or the local
geography. "Designs by Reece" - Reece Saunders
Each of these communities/landmarks
and its Roosevelt connection will
be described briefly on this page. Each will
also have a link to more details as the post
for that community is released in the future.
Key by "Designs by Reece" - Reece Saunders
Moose A Kittery - Portsmouth Peace Treaty at Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard (Kittery)
- 1905 - Russo-Japan Peace Treaty - Trail Map - 1906 Nobel Peace Prize
"Moose A" - Kittery - June 20, 2022
B Kennebunkport - The Narcissus - 1912 - of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban @ Seashore Trolley Museum
"Moose B" - Kennebunkport - July 3, 2022
C Bucksport - SS Roosevelt was built in 1905 - George Wardwell, Chief Engineer (SS Roosevelt)
"Moose C" - Bucksport - August 19, 2022
D Fairfield -
- Fairfield - Good Will-Hinkley - Theodore Roosevelt Memorial - 1921 - Trail Map - Stone from Sagamore Hill - TR bird sanctuary
- Fairfield - LC Bates Museum at Good Will-Hinkley - images of William Sewall at TR Mem Dedication
"Moose D" - Fairfield - June 21, 2022
E Presque Isle - Presque Isle Historical Society (Three TR artifacts - Elkhorn Ranch Mirror - 1885 -, long-barreled 40 Cal. single shot revolver from North Dakota, Birch Bark Moose Call/Maine
"Moose E" - Presque Isle - July 2, 2022
Stars1 Kennebunk - 1914 - August 18 - Theodore Roosevelt's train with TR traveling in his private Pullman railroad car, "Hester," stopped at the Kennebunk train station; greeted locals, had a Lewiston newspaper reporter board for an interview on the way to Lewiston, and TR invited Kennebunk resident George E. Cousins to join in the ride and activities throughout the day, including being a passenger on the Narcissus from Lewiston to Portland.
"Star 1" - Kennebunk - August 18, 2022
2 Biddeford - 1902, 1912, & 1914 - August 1902 - Presidential Tour stopped at Western Branch train station, Fred C. Watson (TR cowboy 1884-86)
"Star 2" - Biddeford - June 16, 2022
3 Old Orchard Beach - 1902, 1914 - August - Presidential Tour stopped at the train station where TR gave his speech and then met with Fred C. Watson
"Star 3" - Old Orchard Beach - June 20, 2022
4 Portland - - 1902 - August - Presidential Tour stopped at Union Station (train station) General Joshua Chamberlain, Capt. Parker, and others
1912, 1914, 1916, 1918 Hale's house for a meal...Hale transport, etc...Alice "Roosevelt visits the Hales...other President visit stops...Falmouth Hotel, etc...Sewall...1916 "Brown" from lumber camp in March 1879 near Oxbow
- Portland to Fryeburg via (302) Theodore Roosevelt International Highway starts at Longfellow Square - the 1920s - 4,060 miles to Portland, OR
- Portland to Lewiston via the Portland-Lewiston Interurban (Portland, West Falmouth, Gray, New Gloucester, Auburn, Lewiston - North Cumberland, Danville
"Star 4" - Portland - August 8, 2022
5 West Falmouth - 1914 Narcissus had an unplanned stop (1914)
"Star 5" - West Falmouth - August 12, 2022
6 Gray - 1914 and 1916 Narcissus stopped (1914) PLI Interurban Clematis (1916)
"Star 6" - Gray - August 12, 2022
7 New Gloucester (Lower) - 1914 Narcissus stopped (1914) Clematis passed through with TR waving at the crowd assembled at the New Gloucester station
"Star 7" - New Gloucester - August 12, 2022
8 Auburn - 1902 - August - Presidential Tour stopped at the train station - carriage ride to Lewiston
"Star 8" - Auburn - August 24, 2022
9 Lewiston - 1902 - August - Presidential Tour carriage ride to the city park where speech delivered
1914 and 1916 Narcissus began its trip to Portland and TR was presented with 8.5-lb lake trout (1914) PLI Interurban (1916)
"Star 9" - Lewiston - July 10, 2022
10 Lisbon Falls - August 26, 1902, Presidential stop briefly
"Star 10" - Lisbon Falls - August 18, 2022
11 Brunswick - August 26, 1902
- The TR train did stop briefly in Brunswick and engaged with the crowd on August 26, 1902, en route to Augusta.
- Train station - August 26, 1902
- Bowdoin College - Brunswick, ME - The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum & Arctic Studies Center - the SS Roosevelt left for the Arctic in the summer of 1905 with Robert Peary
"Star" 11 - Brunswick - July 2, 2022
12 Camden - August - 1918 - boat trip from Dark Harbor, Islesboro - friends, and travel to Camden and hiked up Mt. Battie
13 Augusta - August 26, 1902 - Overnight at Governor's Mansion...speech
"Star 13" - Augusta - August 21, 2022
14 Islesboro - 1918 - Steamer Pemaquid, arrived/departed island - Dark Harbor...stayed at Adams Cottage...daughter, two grandchildren, Quentin's fiance' joined the Roosevelts...August 4 attended dedication to "new" Isleboro Inn
"Star 14" - Islesboro (Dark Harbor) - August 25, 2022
15 Belfast - August - 1918 - boat trip from Dark Harbor, Islesboro to Belfast - friends
16 Waterville - August - 1902 - Presidential Tour stopped at the train station - speech
"Star 16" - Waterville - August 22, 2022
17 Mount Desert Island - August - 1880 - steamer arrived/departed the island - Mount Desert Island - Bar Harbor, Schooner Head, Newport Mountain, Otter Creek - with Finac'e Alice and several friends
"Star 17" - Mount Desert Island - July 17, 2022
18 Ellsworth - August - 1902 - Presidential Tour stopped at the train station - speech - Sen Hale's house, The Pines, for a meal
"Star 18" - Ellsworth - August 22, 2022
19 Bangor - August - 1902 - Presidential Tour stopped at the train station - speech from the hotel balcony and travel to Fairgrounds - speech
"Star 19" - Bangor - August 23, 2022
20 Dexter - 1872 - August - Train from Boston/change train in Newport, Merchant's Exchange, Frye Stage Line, Train Station, Echo Lake) - Peter Strong is TR's guide
"Star 20" - Dexter - June 19, 2022
21 Greenville - 1872 - August - Steamer Twilight, The Lake House, Fly fishing with guide Peter Strong. Stagecoach from/to Dexter
"Star 21" - Greenville/Moosehead Lake Region - June 19, 2022
22 Northwest Piscataquis - Mount Kineo - rowing boat from Mt. Kineo House to Mt.Kineo 1872
"Star 22" - Northwest Piscataquis - August 28, 2022
23 Mattawamkeag - 1878/1879 train station - arrived at/departed wagon, sleigh...from visiting Island Falls - Sewall/Dow - Sewall's brother, Dave (drove wagon at one point...story from TR)
"Star 23" - Mattawamkeag - August 9, 2022
24 Kingman - 1879 - September - Train Station (depart to Boston) ...arrived via birchbark canoe with Dow - Mattawamkeag River -
"Star 24" - Kingman - Augusta 10, 2022
25 Wytopitlock/Drew - 1879 - Camped along the Mattawamkeag River with Dow while headed to Kingman to the train station to depart for Boston
"Star 25" - Wytopitlock/Drew - August 10, 2022
26 Bible Point - 1878/1879 - Mattawamkeag River, First Brook
27 Island Falls - 1878/1879 - Many...Sewall House, Mattawamkeag River, - Sewall House and Bible Point - William W. Sewall and family - Wilmot Dow - two summer visits (1878/79 and one winter visit 1879. Batteau...pung...snowshoeing...wagon..others...Charlet Brown...Civil War vet...reference to his wife...TR journal page 50...Dyer Brook (Dow and TR)
"Star 27" - Island Falls - August 30, 2022
28 North Penobscot - East Branch of the Penobscot, Wassataquoik Stream, Katahdin Lake, Sandy Stream, Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument 1879
"Star 28" - North Penobscot - August 29, 2022
29 Northeast Piscataquis - Munsungun (Lake, Little Munsungun Lake, Chase Lake, Aroostook River) with Sewall and Mount Katahdin with Sewall and Dow 1879
"Star 29" - Northeast Piscataquis - August 27, 2022
30 Oxbow - 1879 - Oxbow and the start on the Aroostook River with Sewall and Dow
"Star 30" - Oxbow - Auguist 19, 2022
---- Theodore Roosevelt International Highway 1921 - (Portland to Fryeburg)
TRIH - Theodore Roosevelt International Highway - June 26, 2022
___ Rivers/Brooks/Streams
Mountains
1902 Presidential Tour of Maine - August 26 & 27, 1902
Click Here to open the Theodore Roosevelt Timeline (1858-1919) as Relates to Seashore Trolley Museum's Historic Railway Collection
Resources
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
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 - African Safari 1909
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 - 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
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 :)
We are still in need of funds for creating the interpretation programs that will tell this fascinating 100+-year-old story of the Narcissus. For information on donation options, scroll down this post and find the one that best fits your position. Fund 816 to help with the restoration and Fund 817 (PLI Education-Interpretation programs ) should be noted when making a donation.
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Click Here for the post that has the short virtual 3-D video of the digital model of the Narcissus, with components added to the file from earlier this year (the gold leaf file had not been added yet).
Restoration work continues on the Narcissus. The Narcissus is more than 110 years old now and has so many incredible stories to share. The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one of those incredible stories.
The Narcissus is featured in the national Gold Award-winning novel, Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride. The "Elegant Ride" is the Narcissus. Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914, between Lewiston and Portland, Maine, while campaigning for the Progressive Party candidates.
Independent book publisher, Phil Morse, holding
the Gold Book Award Winner plaque for
the Middle Reader category for The Eric
Hoffer Book Award. Congratulations to
award-winning Maine author,
Jean M. Flahive
Seashore Trolley Museum Promo Video
The paperback edition of Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride can be purchased online through the Seashore Trolley Museum's store website. Books purchased through the Museum's website directly benefit the Museum and the Narcissus project.
Click Here to go to the Museum Store web page to order online
Click Here to go to the Amazon page to order the ebook or audiobook online
Paperback books are available at these local bookstores in
Androscoggin Historical Society, Lewiston
Eliot Historical Society, Eliot
Gray Historical Society, Gray
Kennebec Historical Society, Augusta
Letterpress Books, Portland
Maine Historical Society Store, Portland
Morph Gallery & Emporium, Kennebunk
New Gloucester Historical Society, New Gloucester
Print: A Bookstore, Portland
Roosevelt Campobello International Park, Welshpool, NB, Canada
Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport
Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops, All Locations
Thompson's Orchard, New Gloucester
Winthrop Maine Historical Society, Winthrop
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride
by Jean M. Flahive
Illustrations by Amy J. Gagnon
Listen to a 2-minute, 30-second, Retail Audio Sample of the Audiobook
Millie Thayer is a headstrong farmer's daughter who chases her dreams in a way you would expect a little girl nicknamed "Spitfire" would run full tilt and with her eyes on the stars. Dreaming of leaving the farm life, working in the city, and fighting for women's right to vote, Millie imagines flying away on a magic carpet. One day, that flying carpet shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm. A fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, she finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. Despairing that her dreams may be shattered, Millie learns, in an unexpected way, that dreams can be shared.
A resource for teachers
Companion curriculum State-standard-based units,
vocabulary, and reading activities for use in grades 3-8
are available online as downloadable resources through
Seashore Trolley Museum's website
www.trolleymuseum.org/elegantride/
Maine Historical Society has created eight companion lesson units in Social Studies and ELA that were inspired by Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride - These State-standard-based lesson plans for use in grades 6, 7, and 8 are easily adapted for use in grades 3-5. Vocabulary and Reading activities for grades 3-8 along with the eight lesson plan units are available free and may be downloaded through Seashore Trolley Museum's website www.trolleymuseum.org/elegantride/
Go to the Teacher Resource Page in the pull-down for more details.
A 60-second intro to Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride by author, Jean Flahive
Click Here to watch the video on YouTube
Award-winning author, Jean M. Flahive
Please Consider a Donation to the Narcissus Project to help us tell the incredible story of the Narcissus through the interpretation portion of the Narcissus Project.
Here is an example of how donations to the Narcissus Project now will help with the interpretation portion of the project. The interpretation programming will include exhibits, displays, and education programming. In 2019, through generous donations to the Narcissus Project, we were able to conserve, replicate, and have high resolutions digital image files made of the original, 1910, 28.5-foot long, surveyor map of the elevation and grade of the 30-mile private right-of-way of the Portland, Gray, and Lewiston Railroad (Portland-Lewiston Interurban) Click Here
Thank You!
the crowd gathered in Gray, Maine on August 18, 1914.
Image courtesy of Gray Historical Society
The Narcissus as the Sabattus Lake Diner in Sabattus, Maine,
circa 1940. Photo by John Coughlin in the Kevin Farrell
Collection at Seashore Trolley Museum
L. Henri Vallee (right) and family members in the
Narcissus, when it was Vallee's summer camp in
Sabattus, Maine circa 1958. Photo courtesy Daniel Vallee
Inside the Donald G. Curry Town House Restoration Shop, the Narcissus is in the midst of major work as we strive to complete its restoration. We are now planning the interpretation portion of the Narcissus Project. Donations to the Narcissus Project may be used in the future to help tell the incredible 100-plus-year-old story of the Narcissus. Your donation to the Narcissus is helping to make the dream of the project's success, a reality.
See below for Donation options -
It starts with YOU
Your Donation Matters
Make a Donation TODAY
Please Help the Narcissus.
Donation Options to Help the Narcissus Project:
The New England Electric Railway Historical Society
is the 501c3 organization that owns and operates the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, ME, and the National Streetcar
Museum in Lowell (MA).
The New England Electric Railway Historical Society registered with the IRS (EIN# 01-0244457) and was incorporated in Maine in 1941.
Check or Money Order ***** should be made payable to:
New England Electric Railway Historical Society
In the memo: for a donation to the Interpretation programming
please write: PLI Education Fund 817
For a donation to help with the restoration write: Narcissus Fund 816
Mail to: Seashore Trolley Museum
P. O. Box A
Kennebunkport, ME 04046
Credit Card ***** donations can be one-time donations or you
may choose to have a specific amount charged to your card
automatically each month. Please contact the Museum bookkeeper, via email at finance@trolleymuseum.org or by phone, at 207-967-2800 ext. 3.
Online Donations - may be made by using a Credit Card:
Click Here to make an online donation through the Museum's website - When at the Donation page: Fill in donor info, etc., when at "To which fund are you donating? Scroll down to "Other" and type in 816 Narcissus, then continue filling in the required information.
Click Here for PayPal - to make an online donation: you can use email: finance@trolleymuseum.org and in the message box write:
For "Narcissus Fund 816" - if supporting the restoration
For "PLI Education Fund 817" - if supporting Interpretation programs
Donation of Securities ***** We also accept donations of
securities. You can contact the Museum bookkeeper, via email at finance@trolleymuseum.org or by phone, at 207-967-2800 ext. 3,
for brokerage account information for accepting donated securities.
BONUS ***** If you work for a company/corporation that will
"match" an employee's donation to an approved 501c3 non-profit
educational organization, please be sure to complete the necessary paperwork with your employer so that your donation is matched :)
Questions? ***** Please contact Narcissus project sponsor:
Phil Morse, narcissus@gmail.org or call 207-985-9723 - cell.
Thank You :)
Thank You for our Current Funding Partners
* 20th Century Electric Railway Foundation - 2020/2018 - Major Gift, 2017/2014 Matching Grants
* Renaissance Charitable Foundation (LPCT) by Fiduciary Trust Charitable Giving Fund
* Renaissance Charitable Foundation (LPCT) by Fiduciary Trust Charitable Giving Fund
* Mass Bay RRE - 2018 Railroad Preservation Grant
* Thornton Academy (Saco, ME) - Staff & Alumni - Matching Grant Challenge 2014
* New England Electric Railway Historical Society (Kennebunkport, ME) - Member Donations
* Amherst Railway Society - 2015 Heritage Grant
* National Railway Historical Society - 2016 & 2015 Heritage Preservation Grants
* Enterprise Holding Foundation - 2015 Community Grant
* Theodore Roosevelt Association - Member Donations
* John Libby Family Association and Member Donations
* The Conley Family - In Memory of Scott Libbey 2018/2017/2016/2015
* The W. S. Libbey Family - Awalt, Conley, Graf, Holman, Libbey, McAvoy, McLaughlin, Meldrum, O'Halloran, Salto, - 2018/2017
* The Hughes Family 2017/2016/2010
* New Gloucester Historical Society and Member Donations
* Gray Historical Society and Member Donations
* Gray Public Library Association - Pat Barter Speaker Series
* Scarborough Historical Society - PRR/PLI
* LogMein - Matching Employee Donation
* IBM - Matching Employee/Retiree Donations
* Fidelity Charitable Grant - Matching Employee Donations
* Richard E. Erwin Grant - 2017/2016
The Narcissus, with interior back-lit, stained glass windows is majestic.
Make a donation today to help restore the interior of this Maine gem.
Help Theodore Roosevelt's Maine Ride get back on track! Once restored,
you will be able to ride in luxury on this National Register Treasure at
Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine.
PWM photo
Please Consider Making a Donation to the project of the National Register of Historic Places member, Narcissus. We are currently raising funds to advance the restoration and to tell the incredible story of this Maine gem.
Various News stories during the summer of 2015 about the
Narcissus and its connection to Theodore Roosevelt. TR
was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914.
Photo by Patricia Pierce Erikson
The Narcissus - July 31, 2015. Make a donation today.
Help Theodore Roosevelt's Maine Ride get back on track!
Once restored, you will be able to ride in luxury on this
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