The above photo shows Frank Moore on the right and a friend, possibly Lew Harris, riding their bicycles on Main Street in Calais just beyond the Border City Hotel.The Border City was torn down in 1939 and replaced by the … Continue reading
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Featured articles include The Bridges of St. Croix Valley, The Ballad of Ebeneezer Ball, a brief history of the potato in New England, and A Calais Neighborhood Remembered. October 2016 Newsletter (pdf) … Continue reading
1883 was a year marked by few momentous military events, political upheavals or social conflicts although the year had, as always, its tragedies and disasters. It would have been a very boring year in the historical record had not an … Continue reading
The above photo shows Herbert Eaton ice fishing with friends. We don’t know if it was taken before or after he shot and killed Sam Kelley in 1883. The story of this shooting and that of his brother who survived … Continue reading
According to Wikipedia “The barber’s trade has a long history: razors have been found among relics of the Bronze Age (around 3500 BC) in Egypt. … In addition to haircutting, hairdressing, and shaving, barbers performed surgery, bloodletting and leeching, fire … Continue reading
It seems an appropriate time of the year to recall the days when all candy was “local” and Calais was home to the famous candy maker Frank Beckett, Sr. For well over one hundred years to the Beckett family the … Continue reading
We note with regret the closing of Kendall’s Jewelers even if, as hoped, it proves to be only temporary. If the business does not reopen it is yet another setback to the valiant efforts of the Redevelopment Committee to keep … Continue reading
So what did folks do in days gone by on Thanksgiving? Very much the same sort of things we do today. Of course they got together with friends and family and especially in the early days, they were expected to … Continue reading
On September 1st, 1939 Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. Two days later both England and France declared war on Germany and the Second World War began. The conflict, while an ocean away, was immediately felt in the St. Croix Valley. … Continue reading
The year 1950, which marked the last year of first half of the 20th century, saw the United States, still recovering from World War 2, drawn into a new war overseas and the attempted assassination of President Truman while other … Continue reading