Abraham Lincoln meets Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin The question posed in the title to this email is, we admit, rather absurd. Abraham Lincoln, himself a man who should know who is responsible for the Civil War, … Continue reading
John Judson Ames As we have often noted, the St. Croix Valley sent many interesting and accomplished men and women to the far reaches of the new nation in the mid 1800s. Many went in search of gold in California … Continue reading
The Battleship Maine, Havana Harbor 1898 February 15, 1898 The battleship Maine destroyed by mysterious explosion The Spanish American War of 1898 began in the spring of 1898 a few months after the sinking of battleship Maine in Havana Harbor … Continue reading
The keeper’s house and bell tower on St. Croix Island In October 1976, I was John A. Churchill, Esquire, a pretentious title for a young, inexperienced lawyer just a year out of law school. Still, I was already accustomed to … Continue reading
Abbie Hill Laughlin, later known as Gail Laughlin Both sides of the St. Croix Valley have produced notable national and international figures – U.S. senators, ambassadors and consuls to far flung nations, artists, historians, journalists and several novelists. One native … Continue reading
It is fair to say that the year 1925 generated few newsworthy events either in the world generally or the United States. Military conflicts and political coups were rare, so rare in fact that “Pink’s War” during which the British … Continue reading
We mentioned in a recent article the confusion and hardship caused by rationing during WW2. There were articles in the local papers nearly every week describing the changes in the program. A few from the St Croix Courier are included below: February 1943: … Continue reading
Match Book from 1943 Carol Allen, a loyal reader and contributor of valuable historical memories to the Historical Society asked recently for an article on the Seabees, the naval construction unit which trained in Quoddy Village in World War II. … Continue reading
The summer of 2023 was certainly a great disappointment to folks Downeast. Nine of thirteen Fridays were rainy and the weekends following were equally dismal. Party boats seldom left shore, hikers and canoers found raingear essential while sales of sunscreen … Continue reading
Harold Carter discovers the tomb of King Tut In one of the few bits of good news of 1923 Egypt archaeologist Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamen’s tomb. Otherwise 1923 saw the gathering of storm clouds on the horizon.The political situation in … Continue reading