Placed in honor of and with thanks to all Cliff Island veterans of the United States Armed Forces - past present and future. Thank you for protecting our freedoms and the way of life we enjoy. From a grateful community. — — Map (db m186396) WM
You have landed on one of the fourteen Main Coastal Island which have year-round communities with public schools. Once there were three hundred such communities.
Cliff Island lies at a Latitude of 43° 42' North and a Longitude of 70° 8' . . . — — Map (db m186394) HM
In memory of
Asa Clapp
A seaman of the American Revolution
Merchant, an upbuilder of Portland
1762 ✠ 1848
Asa William Henry Clapp
Citizen of Portland
A conservator of its interests
Member of
the Congress of . . . — — Map (db m185934) HM WM
First Parish Church, Unitarian Universalist 425 Congress Street. A memorial plaque inside First Parish honors Prentis Mellen. Pews within the church are marked for the abolitionist Fessenden and Thomas families.
In 1832 William Lloyd . . . — — Map (db m96519) HM
The hack stand of Reuben Ruby, corner of Temple and Federal Streets. Ruby (1798-1878) was Portland's foremost African American Anti-Slavery activist and underground railroad conductor.
In 1826, Ruby helped publish a protest in the newspaper . . . — — Map (db m96610) HM
John Ford, Director
- “I Make Westerns”
Born: John Martin Feeney, 2-1-1894
Died: John Ford, 8-31-1973
Portland High School Class of 1914
Married Mary McBride Smith of North . . . — — Map (db m243345) HM WM
More than four thousand men were enrolled from Portland in the army and navy for the War of the Rebellion. More than three hundred were killed in battle or died in service. Honor and grateful remembrance to the dead, equal honor to those who, daring . . . — — Map (db m25392) WM
To perpetuate the memory of these men of the City of Portland who with unfaltering loyalty gave their lives in the 1914 World War 1919
67 Names are listed
They sought not glory but their country's good — — Map (db m96523) WM
Publisher Guy P. Gannett commissioned this building to serve as the headquarters for the media empire he founded in 1922.
For its time, it was a state-of-the-art production facility where reporters, photographers and editors put together . . . — — Map (db m185936) HM
Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States U. S. . . . — — Map (db m25391) HM
The walkways that extend from this point are part of the original configuration of Lincoln Park as laid out in 1866. The park was once significantly larger than it is today, extending to what is now the far side of Franklin Arterial's grassy . . . — — Map (db m186148) HM
Third Sergeant Company H
Fifth Regiment
Maine Volunteer Infantry
Aged 19 Years
Killed First Battle Bull Run
July 21st 1861
Sergeant Stinson was the first
volunteer soldier from
Portland
to give his life for
the preservation of . . . — — Map (db m50433) WM
This memorial is dedicated to the survivors of the Armenian Genocide 1915 - 1923, who settled in Bayside by the early twentieth century over 250 Armenian families lived in Porland where they established businesses and a vibrant social . . . — — Map (db m186405) HM
Explore Baxter Trail, a 3.25 mile walking trail from here to Evergreen Cemetery. Discover how the many contributions of two wealthy visionaries, Mayor James Phinney Baxter and his son Governor Percival Proctor Baxter, continue to . . . — — Map (db m186460) HM
Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception
Built 1869
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m186403) HM
Declared a National Historic Site January 1974
Here lie the hardy courageous early settlers, the men and women who founded and defended this area, who made history in civil life, government, law, the arts, education, religion, in the state and . . . — — Map (db m50432) HM
The Eastern Cemetery is the resting place of some of Portland's noted abolitionist, who campaigned against slavery, provided safe-houses and assisted runaways on their journey to freedom.
Charlotte Thomas 1822-1920 •
Sophia . . . — — Map (db m96267) HM
Landing spot for many passengers on the Underground Railroad and embarkation point for their transit to Canada and England.
Anti-slavery sympathizers were well-organized to greet stowaways from Southern cargo vessels, find them safe housing . . . — — Map (db m20614) HM
Hack stand of Charles H.L. Pierre, 29 Middle Street. Charles H.L. Pierre led the African American men, who rescued the stowaway aboard HMS Albion Cooper in the Fall of 1857.
In the mid-1800s, professional opportunities for freed Blacks were . . . — — Map (db m185939) HM
First full-time called minister of the Abyssinian Meeting House 1841-1852
Rev. Freeman (1809-1893) was an instructor in the school maintained for African Americans in the Abyssinian Meeting House. As conductors on the Underground Railroad, the . . . — — Map (db m50428) HM
Home of Charles Frederick Eastman, Harriet Stephenson Eastman, and her father, Alexander Stephenson, 211 Sumner Street, now Newbury Street. They are buried at Evergreen Cemetery.
The Eastmans and Stephensons were conductors on the . . . — — Map (db m186150) HM
Corner of India and Congress Street, known as a Station House on the Underground Railroad. The home was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1866.
The Thomases were prominent in the Portland Anti-Slavery Society, begun in 1833, which also worked to . . . — — Map (db m50429) HM
In recognition of
Portland's role in Canada's history
India Street Terminal
at Milepost 0.0.
on the
Atlantic & St. Lawrence /
St. Lawrence & Atlantic RRs.
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
Canadian National Railways
July . . . — — Map (db m50445) HM
Jacob Cousins Post 99, Jewish War Veterans of the USA, honors the memory of Maine's Jewish Fallen Heroes in the two great wars.
World War I Fallen Heroes, 1917 - 1918
Jacob Cousins, Portland •
Arthur Goldstein, Portland •
John A. . . . — — Map (db m204566) WM
1754: Third Parish, Stroudwater, votes to become a Church of England Parish. Pastor sent to England to be Ordained Priest of that Church.
1763: Third Parish reorganizes as Church of England Parish, under The Rt. Rev'd. Richard . . . — — Map (db m186362) HM
On this site from 1784 till 1955 stood the house in which Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born February 27, 1807
This boulder is from the Hiram farm of his grandfather, General Peleg Wadsworth, where the poet spent many happy youthful days.
The . . . — — Map (db m148131) HM
Panel 1:
[rendering of Rear Admiral James Alden]
Born in Portland March 31, 1810
Died in San Francisco Feb 6, 1877
Panel 2: [rendering of a mariner's sextant] Intrepid Explorer
Skilful Hydrographer
Cartographer of the . . . — — Map (db m72995) HM WM
Erected Dec 1, 1859
By a donation from the HON. FRANCIS O.J. SMITH, to honor and perpetuate the memory of REV. WILLIAM I. REESE who while pastor of the First Universalist Society, founded the Portland Widow’s Wood Society. . . . — — Map (db m50436) HM
Erected by the Colonists in 1680
Captured by the French and Indians
in 1690. Entire English
settlement destroyed
————
To the memory of these
brave defenders
this tablet placed by
The Daughters of the American Colonists
November . . . — — Map (db m50448) HM
To the memory of our historic dead who bore arms in the War of Independence and who were ever the brave defenders of our country who made her foundations so enduring — — Map (db m50430) WM
Welcome to Back Cove Trail: An urban ecosystem
Over a hundred years ago, this trail was the dream of one man-James Phinney Baxter.
In 1893, Baxter after a long and very successful business career, became Portland's mayor . . . — — Map (db m186459) HM
Jacob Cousins was the first Jewish soldier from Portland killed in World War I.
Approximately 250,000 Jewish soldiers served in the U.S. military during WWI. 3,500 Jews would die in this conflict.
Cousin's Company C, 328th Infantry, . . . — — Map (db m186387) HM
City Engineer William Goodwin created the first plan of Fort Allen Park (above) with a roofed bandstand/gazebo as a key feature.
Designed by two of Portland's leading architects, Albert Winslow Cobb and John Calvin Stevens, . . . — — Map (db m186369) HM
June, 1885 reunion The 19th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic pitched tents here. The G.A.R. was a veteran organization of the Union Army, Navy, and U.S. Revenue Cutter Service veterans whose membership peaked at 400,000 . . . — — Map (db m186368) HM
In memory of three thousand men and women who gave their lives in the Arctic Campaign 1941-1945 on convoys to and from Russia
We will remember them
May 2000 This granite is given by the people of Murmansk City, Russia to the people of . . . — — Map (db m105684) WM
On September 5, 1813 off Monhegan Island on the coast of Maine, the American brig “Enterprise” commanded by 28 year old Lt. William Burrows engaged in battle with the British brig “Boxer” commanded by 29 year old Captain Samuel Blythe. Both ships . . . — — Map (db m129636) HM
Eastman (1821-1880) was barber, second-hand clothing dealer, mariner and hack driver. He was also a financial supporter of the Abyssinian Meeting House and School.
He owned and operated several barber shops with his four sons, including one on . . . — — Map (db m50425) HM
In 1866, a year after the Civil War ended, these guns (technically, called 4.5-inch Siege Rifles) were cast in Pittsburgh by the Fort Pitt Foundry. They could fire a 25-to 30-pound ball 3,200 — nearly 2 miles! In the early 1900s, they were . . . — — Map (db m186367) HM
The importance of Portland harbor over two centuries is clear from the fortifications you see from here. Behind you, lies Fort Allen — an 1814 earthworks. Three granite Civil War forts remain visible. Fort Gorges rises in the harbor. Fort . . . — — Map (db m186376) HM
In honor of
George Cleeves
Founder of Portland
1633
Deputy President
of the
Province of Lygonia
1645 - 1659
There landed with
George Cleeves,
his wife Joan,
and daughter
Elizabeth,
his partner
Richard . . . — — Map (db m55535) HM
Displayed here are the U.S.S. Portland CA-33's after mast, bridge shield, and ship's bell. This memorial honors one of the most-decorated ships of World War II, her crew, and the men who died aboard the Portland and other U.S. Navy . . . — — Map (db m186379) HM
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of The Congress the Medal of Honor to
Major Charles J. Loring, Jr., USAF
for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the . . . — — Map (db m186463) WM
This memorial circle honors Major Charles J. Loring, Jr. and was erected by the Loring family in 2000 with support by the City of Portland. During his 50th Korean mission flying over Sniper Ridge, Major Charles J. Loring was hit repeatedly by . . . — — Map (db m186464) HM
"Having seen the principal parks in this country and Europe, and realizing their great public importance, as well as the paucity of our own achievements in this regard, I resolved to do all in my power towards the creation of a . . . — — Map (db m186389) HM
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty One country and One flag In memory of the Grand Army of the Republic Dedicated September 9, 1929 By the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 — — Map (db m96269) HM WM
Portland Observatory
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America.
The Observatory is the nation's only remaining . . . — — Map (db m50418) HM
One of the earliest marine signal stations in the United States, this tower is unique in its engineering design and construction and contributed to the prosperity of Portland Harbor as a vital center of maritime commerce during the "Golden Age of . . . — — Map (db m186397) HM
In memory of
Portland's Jewish War Heroes
who died in World War II action
1941 - 1945
Samuel M. Citrin • Benjamin A. Cox •
Edward R. Goldstein • Louis S. Lane •
Herbert F. Meyers • Sidney R. Miller •
Max Weinstein
This . . . — — Map (db m186388) WM
February 15, 1898 • Havana Harbor, Cuba
U.S.S. Battleship Maine explodes killing 260
The event is used by hawkish Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt to pressure President McKinley into the Spanish-American . . . — — Map (db m186370) HM
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Portland native Longfellow (1807-1882) often walked up Munjoy Hill to this park from his home nearby on Congress Street. The poet, like countless others over the centuries, stood here relishing the timeless — and . . . — — Map (db m186377) HM
In the 1800s, this panoramic view could only be admired while standing in a field strewn with ash heaps and boulders. At the turn of 19th century, City Engineer William Goodwin created a plan for this park, whic Mayor James P. Baxter brings . . . — — Map (db m186363) HM
Within this enclosure were buried 21 soldiers captured by the English at the battle of Queenston, Canada in the War of 1812 and died in hospital here while on their way to Boston for Exchange.
( stone below the marker )
Proudly . . . — — Map (db m204672) HM WM
Fort Sumner Park, located behind you acros North Street, began its history in 1775 during the Revolutionary War. Initially referred to as The Great Fort, and later, as The Citadel, it was commissioned in 1794 as the first . . . — — Map (db m186400) HM
This mask was found in 1977 during the excavation of the Portland Public Library at Elm and Congress Streets. It was the single-most important architectural detail of the former Elm Theater. The Elm Theater, which stood at its Elm Street site from . . . — — Map (db m185935) HM
Friends (Quaker) Meeting House, Corner of Federal and Pearl Streets. Famous abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison started the Maine anti-slavery movement with a speech given here in 1832. Garrison advocated "immediate emancipation without . . . — — Map (db m96520) HM
An early supporter of the Temperance cause and one of the first to "espouse the cause of the slave."
Thurston (1814-1900) helped freedom seekers in their flight from slavery, "at one time having the care of 30 fugitives, who were dispatched . . . — — Map (db m186462) HM
Mariner's Church Fore and Moulton Street location of Daniel Colesworthy's basement anti-slavery bookstore and printshop. In 1836 Colesworthy printed "Light and Truth From Ancient and Sacred History," a book by African American, Robert Benjamin . . . — — Map (db m96607) HM
Secondhand clothing store of Lloyd Scott, 44 Exchange Street. Scott became vice president of the Portland Union anti-slavery society in 1842. Secondhand clothing stores were essential to the Underground Railroad and became successful businesses for . . . — — Map (db m96623) HM
By the summer of 1866, Portland was the largest commercial shipping port in the nation. Industries sprouted up everywhere. Much of their was simply dumpted into rivers, streams, and directly into the Bay.
Few realized that we were . . . — — Map (db m186353) HM
Native Americans harvested this rich estuary, camping on Casco Bay islands to hunt, fish, and dig clams.
Prehistoric spear and harpoon points, fish bones, and shell heaps found on Casco Bay islands help trace ancient peoples' late winter, . . . — — Map (db m186360) HM
"Whe Ed Muskie laid out the nation's framework for proection of the human environment, it was the political equivalent of splitting the atom."
Leon G. Billings, . . . — — Map (db m186352) HM
Measuring nine feet across, this propeller is from the Tug Stamford which was built in 1951 as the Thomas Tracy, then renamed in 1971 to the Stamford. In 1998, the tug was acquired by the Portland Tugboat and Shipbuilding Co. of Portland, Maine, . . . — — Map (db m105980) HM
