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Yankee Ingenuity Meets the Gold Rush

Posted on August 11, 2021 by schsuser
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Wickachee in the 50s; Wickachee Guest House to the right. The Wickachee Dining Room is perhaps the oldest restaurant in the St. Croix Valley, although it is possible Carmen’s Diner in St. Stephen is also in the running. Originally, the … Continue reading →

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Bits and Bytes: The St. Croix Valley in national news

Posted on August 6, 2021 by schsuser
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The Calais Western Union Telegraph office is shown above at the lower right at the corner of Main and North Streets in the 1920s. By the 20s the telegraph was becoming an outdated technology, but it had had a long … Continue reading →

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The bookkeeper

Posted on August 6, 2021 by schsuser
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The distinguished gentleman in the photo above is John Evans, a Calais bookkeeper with, for his time, short hair and a neat, closely cropped beard. The date of the photo is uncertain, but we speculate it was taken in the … Continue reading →

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Historical Society Edith Beckett

Posted on July 21, 2021 by schsuser
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The lady sitting at the desk above is Edith Beckett, the librarian at the Calais Free Library for over 20 years. Standing to her left is Stephanie Crockett, who lived at the end of Spring Street, and to her right … Continue reading →

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A Great Loss

Posted on July 21, 2021 by schsuser
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Many will remember the stately and beautiful Post Office which Calais was graced for most of the 20th century. It is seen above in 1909 in the final stages of construction. The Post Office became the centerpiece of a thriving … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at 1926

Posted on August 2, 2017 by schsuser
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Other than March 26, 1926 when the first lip-reading competition was held in the United States, September 15, 1926 when an assassin fired three shots at Mussolini from close range managing only hit his nose and September 20, 1926 when Bugsy Moran … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at 1946

Posted on June 28, 2017 by schsuser
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For those of us born after World War Two the image of the post war years can best be summed up by the iconic photo of the “Kiss” in Times Square, the return of millions GI’s and by the fall … Continue reading →

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Exciting 1945 V-Mail

Posted on June 7, 2017 by schsuser
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Above is a copy of a 1945 V letter we recently received from Betsy Walker, the granddaughter of Betsy Higgins Gepte. Betsy Gepte had recently arrived in San Francisco after her release from the Japanese internment camp at Santo Tomas … Continue reading →

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Stagecoach Etiquette

Posted on May 17, 2017 by schsuser
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It was the 1820’s before what passed as roads in the St Croix Valley were improved enough for stage travel.  According to Herb Silsby of Ellsworth: “Prior to 1825 there were no stage coaches in Downeast Maine, because the roads … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at 1910

Posted on April 26, 2017 by schsuser
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Many people spent the first few months of 1910 resignedly waiting to die along with the rest of humanity when Haley’s comet returned from its 76 year journey through the universe.The comet had been here  many times before and astronomers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1910, Calais Maine, Haley's comet, history, local history, president Taft, typhoid mary | Leave a reply

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