Maine Memory Network

Dr. Melvin Preble and grandson, South Portland, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1925 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Portrait of Adam Winslow and his grandson Adam, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Falmouth Media: Ambrotype

The World's Largest Oxen

Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"Her grandson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, later wrote a famous poem about his Pilgrim ancestors. Elizabeth ran the Portland household."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… Howard Stevens became his partner in 1904, and grandson John Calvin Stevens II joined the firm in 1933."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"Wentworth’s grandson David Jeffries became a member and clerk of the rival Kennebec Purchase Proprietors."

Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall

We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.

Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall

Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.

Longfellow Studies: The Elms - Stephen Longfellow's Gorham Farm

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
On April 3, 1761 Stephen Longfellow II signed the deed for the first 100 acre purchase of land that he would own in Gorham, Maine. His son Stephen III (Judge Longfellow) would build a home on that property which still stands to this day. Judge Longfellow would become one of the most prominent citizens in Gorham’s history and one of the earliest influences on his grandson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's work as a poet. This exhibit examines why the Longfellows arrived in Gorham, Judge Longfellow's role in the history of the town, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's vacations in the country which may have influenced his greatest work, and the remains of the Longfellow estate still standing in Gorham today.