Today [31 May 2020] the last service of the First Congregational Church of Calais was held at the Congregational Church on Calais Avenue. While the number of participants in today’s service was nearly equivalent to that of the first … Continue reading
The Fenians When Joe Bothwick died in Calais about 20 years ago, he had spent nearly all of his adult life as a resident of this city. However, Joe was born and grew up in St. Stephen where his … Continue reading
We found a 1961 newspaper clipping from the Calais Advertiser the other day about Ollie Olsson and thought it was worth sharing. He was a simply wonderful man and good citizen who arrived in Calais as an immigrant in 1947. Most remember Ollie … Continue reading
We have written a good deal about the St. Croix Valley and the California Gold Rush. If interested, check out this link: California Gold Rush. However, the gold rush in California was not the only occasion “Gold Fever” struck the country … Continue reading
Tomorrow is April 27, and according to the eminent Calais historian Ned Lamb, April 27th was generally the day the chimney swifts arrived at the water company’s pumping station across from Customs in Milltown, Maine. The swifts took up residence … Continue reading
Early doctors in the St. Croix Valley were, on the whole, a pretty unlucky bunch. The first doctor in the area, Dr. McDonald, settled on the Canadian side in the 1780’s. Dr. McDonald didn’t practice much medicine which may … Continue reading
We found an enchanting article in the July 1878 Advertiser written by Henrietta Keene describing Keene’s Lake and its surroundings as she remembers them as a young woman. As you can see from the 1881 map above there were … Continue reading
Calais Annie H. Smith This painting of the clipper ship Annie H. Smith hangs today in Salem Massachusetts’s famous Peabody Museum. The background is the harbor at Hong Kong in the 1880’s. The caption reads “Ship Annie H. Smith of Calais, … Continue reading
Calais 1958 The world in 1958 was both transfixed and terrified by the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union, England, and the U.S. The development of this new and more powerful nuclear “fusion” bomb had raised the stakes … Continue reading
Above is a photo of a gent sitting in front of Maguerrewock Cave, or Maguerrowoc Cave or any of ten other spellings found in various articles about this section of Milltown. We will use Maguerrowoc as it is favored by … Continue reading