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Harry Haley McClaskey

Posted on March 14, 2023 by schsuser
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Harry Henry McClaskey of  St. Stephen Harry Haley McClaskey was born in St. Stephen on January 15, 1882, to Alfred Alexander McClaskey and Ida May Conners McClaskey. His father who was always referred to as A.A. McClaskey operated a candy … Continue reading →

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Black Jack Harris

Posted on March 1, 2023 by schsuser
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Many who Calais claims as its own have made a mark in the wide world. They have founded large cities (Portland, Oregon by Francis Pettigrove), served as Abraham Lincoln’s representative at the Hague during the Civil War (James Sheppard Pike), … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at 1946

Posted on March 1, 2023 by schsuser
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Saturday Evening Post Cover August 31 1946 A member of the Historical Society recently sent us  an article from the above issue of the Saturday Evening Post dated August 31, 1946. The article was titled “St.Calaisphen, North America” and  had … Continue reading →

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Mill Cove: Beautiful and Dangerous

Posted on March 1, 2023 by schsuser
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Ladies walking in MillCove Robbinston about 1900 One of the most striking and beautiful places on the St. Croix River is Mill Cove in Robbinston where the Ridge Road, formerly the old County Road, and the old Eastport Road, now … Continue reading →

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Calais Man Wins Coin Flip To Name Portland Oregon

Posted on March 1, 2023 by schsuser
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The Portland Penny  The 1835 coin shown above is now in the possession of the Oregon Historical Society. The coin has an interesting history and may well have come from Calais where its owner, Calais native Francis Pettygrove, sometimes spelled … Continue reading →

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Kimball Bent, Downeast Māori

Posted on January 16, 2023 by schsuser
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 Photograph of Kimball Bent of Eastport      Excerpt from Monday’s Warriors by New Zealand author Maurice Shadbolt, 1992:    Between one luckless general and the next there is a fleck of fable in history’s eye called Kimball Bent.    What … Continue reading →

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The Hanging of Ebenezer Ball

Posted on January 16, 2023 by schsuser
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1500 people watched the hanging of Ebenezer Ball of Robbinston in 1811 “Ball was veiled and conducted upon a scaffold, with a rope hitched to a hook over his head. The sheriff gave him a cloth and told him to … Continue reading →

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The Dr. Swan House (part 2)

Posted on December 15, 2022 by schsuser
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By Jerry LaPointe [See Dr. Swan House, part 1] In 1908, when Dr. Swan died, Minerva Swan’s son, Ralph Horton, and his growing family lived in the house across the street which had been built for him and his bride … Continue reading →

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The Dr. Swan House (part 1)

Posted on December 15, 2022 by schsuser
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By Jerry LaPointe      During the last half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, Calais was graced with many beautiful homes. Many of the largest and most architecturally significant of these stood along Main Street extending … Continue reading →

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100 Years Ago

Posted on November 20, 2022 by schsuser
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Main Street Calais about 1900 North Street to right, St. Croix Hotel to left The St. Croix Valley 100 years ago was a far different place than it is today. Calais, St. Stephen, Eastport and all the outlying communities had … Continue reading →

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