Item 13024 - Cleeve-Tucker Memorial, Eastern Promenade, Portland, ca. 1900
- Item 13024 - Cleeve-Tucker Memorial, Eastern Promenade, Portland, ca. 1900
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- Item 13024
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Image Info This monument honors George Cleeve, the founder of Portland. Cleeve, his partner Richard Tucker, and their families landed in a boat at the foot of what is now India Street in 1633.
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It was the first public monument ever erected in Portland. Each side features one of the names that Portland Neck has been known by: Machigonne, Casco, Falmouth and Portland.
The monument was unveiled during a celebration on July 4, 1883.
