Keywords: stage coach stop
Item 23115
Pleasant Street, Brunswick, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Brunswick; Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 22429
Elm Tavern, Portland, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Portland Media: Pencil on paper
Exhibit
Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194
"… operated a tavern and bar that served the stage coach business, gardening for Hinkley, the temperance movement and his desire to stop selling…"
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5
"… team won the Piscataquis County championship coached by Phil Clark. PCHS also offered a baseball team."
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
