Keywords: prominent citizens
Item 6938
Senator William P. Frye, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1900 Media: Phototransparency
Item 34547
Albert C. LeTarte, Brunswick, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1920 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 150955
Residence for Henry P. Cox, Western Promenade, Portland, ca. 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Portland Client: Henry P. Cox Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
Item 151617
James P. Baxter house, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Client: James P. Baxter Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
Scarborough: They Answered the Call
Scarborough met every quota set by the state for supplying Civil War soldiers for Union regiments. Some of those who responded became prominent citizens of the town.
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders
"The most prominent prohibition organization, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), was founded in 1874."
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers
"… Maine" (1915) X Every town and city has their prominent citizens, their town fathers and mothers."
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Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library
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Lesson Plan
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 GorhamÂ’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.
