Keywords: Rope walks
Item 14859
Tukeys Bridge, Back Cove, Portland, sketched in 1902
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 100727
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1826 Location: Portland Media: Watercolor and pen and ink, mounted on fabric
Exhibit
The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
Exhibit
Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid
"He ate his meals walking around a stump. Before his accident, Mr. Trask stood 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighed 199 pounds."
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3
"… were conveyances that were mainly boards and ropes fashioned to make a raft, or they could be boats, large or small, which could carry men and…"
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
