Bands of gypsies or tribes as they are sometimes called began to arrive in Maine and probably Downeast just after the Civil War if not earlier. Being wanderers they never settled permanently in one place but during their migrations we … Continue reading
Americans felt pretty good about themselves in 1913. The economy was stable, Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated for his first term and even the institution of the income tax which had been strongly opposed by the wealthy enjoyed the general support … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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