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Lewiston, Maine History, Genealogy and Trivia

Connie Roussin Spann, of Lewiston, was the hostess of TV's Romper Room during the 1970's.


WCOU of Lewiston broadcast the first French language programs in the 1940's.


Dan Long's Restaurant, in Lewiston, advertised "Eat Here and Grow Fat" in 1908.


Gertrude Southard, of Bangor, and Alice Skolfield, of Lewiston, were the first two women in the nation to cast ballots in a national contest.


Lewiston attorney Philip Isaacson has been known as Maine's senior art critic since the late 1960's.


Al Couture and Ralph Walton fought in Maine's shortest prize fight in Lewiston, September 26, 1946, which lasted 10.5 seconds, including the referee's ten-second count.


Boston Red Sox catcher Bill "Rough" Carrigan was known as "the Pride of Lewiston."


Lewiston was the site of the Cassius Clay -- Sonney Liston heavyweight fight.


Stan Lemelin and Rick Foss of Lewiston rode their motorcycles 1,142 miles in twenty-four hours on July 27, 1977.


Cupids was the nickname of the 1914 Lewiston New England League baseball team.


Singer Robert Goulet was in Lewiston, singing at the Clay-Liston heavyweight bout, when he forgot the words to the national anthem.


The Clay-Liston heavyweight championship bout in Lewiston lasted one minute, twelve seconds. Clay won by knockout.


Lewiston's Joseph "Joey" Gamache was 16 when he became the U.S. Junior Olympic lightweight boxing champion in 1982.


Cecil "Mush" Moore, of Danville, set the "World's Championship Dog Sled Run" by covering 6000 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Lewiston, Maine between November 1949 and April 1951.


Town Nicknames: Industrial Heart Of Maine, Spindle City, Twin Cities with Auburn, ME


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