The Mansion House in Robbinston has had many notable owners over the years. The first was General John Brewer, one of Robbinston’s first settlers, who built what has been called the “Downeast Mount Vernon” probably about 1815 in the … Continue reading
STEAMSHIP CUMBERLAND LUBEC NARROWS C.1890.going through the Lubec (Maine) Narrows. Mulholland Point Lighthouse on Campobello Island, New Brunswick is at left in the photo. The Cumberland was one a series of steamships that regularly ran between Boston, Portland (Maine), this … Continue reading
. For anyone growing up in Calais in the ‘50s and early ‘60s, Beckett & Company was the store on Main Street where a kid could buy molasses gems, honey sticks and broken fragments of chocolate by the ounce … Continue reading
One notable Calais native who has been forgotten over the passage of time is Frederick Collins pictured at left at his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1867. Perhaps “native” does not strictly apply to Fred Collins as he was born … Continue reading
Donald Soctomah, the historian of the Passamaquoddy tribe, sent us the above photo. The drum is, we assume, about a hundred years old and an historic treasure. The Tribe has recently acquired the drum and it reminded us of … Continue reading
Over a century ago, in 1912, the St. Croix Valley communities were anxiously anticipating the annual end of summer’s Calais and St. Stephen Fairs. The St. Stephen Fair was already an established event; the Calais Fair at the new … Continue reading
In 1896, Lubec was a busy and reasonably prosperous town. The 1896 sketch above shows a waterfront lined with wharves . . . Bank Square, Lubec, Me . . . and a downtown with many impressive public and private … Continue reading
The tragic death of the swimmer near Bailey’s Island last week which, we are told, resulted from an attack by a “Great White” shark, was so rare an event that it was national news, reported in the Times, the … Continue reading
Many will recognize the street scenes in the 1950s photos above, a parade on Main Street passing the St. Croix Hotel. In the first photo Floyd McGlinchey is the jeep’s driver, Donnie Phelps is the passenger, and in the … Continue reading
It would be impossible to condense the last year of the Great War into anything of manageable length even in a local history but as the the St. Croix Valley was far more than an disinterested observer of the momentous … Continue reading