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What do Benedict Arnold and bootleggers have in common? A great deal as it turns out. Both made a good living as smugglers here in the St Croix Valley, both were detested by a large portion of the population but … Continue reading
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One of the rites of spring in Calais after the Second World War was the annual Unobskey Fashion show held on the stage of the State Theatre. Each spring Arthur Unobskey, shown above with his three indispensable assistants, would travel … Continue reading
This excerpt (used with permission) from Ken Ross’ book, Washington County Maine in the Civil War, 1861-66, details the life of Isabella Fogg. Ross recounts Fogg as among the most notable figures he had the pleasure of writing about for the … Continue reading
This article was originally written by Lura Jackson and published in the Calais Advertiser (www.thecalaisadvertiser.com) on March 10th, 2016. It is used with permission. Of the many brave and distinguished soldiers who have come from Calais over the past centuries … Continue reading
1948 was year the temperature of the “Cold War” dropped several degrees from merely cold to bitter cold with a serious wind chill. The Russians blockaded Berlin and Winston Churchill who had coined the term “Iron Curtain” continued to warn … Continue reading
This photo from around 1970 shows the very large business block on Main Street which was occupied at that time and until the building was destroyed in the fire of July 19, 1996 by Johnson’s Hardware. The building was enormous- … Continue reading
The TGIF crowd may be surprised to learn the historical acronym is TGIIF, thank god it isn’t Friday. Historically Friday has been considered the most unlucky day of the week, with Friday the 13th being exceptionally perilous. The St Croix … Continue reading
A list of the most eventful and important years of the 20th Century would certainly have 1951 somewhere near the top. The events which shaped the world for the next many decades and beyond began on January 1st, 1951 when Chinese … Continue reading
The Baby Boomer generation remembers well the St Croix Hotel on Main Street, a hotel which in its early days was actually quite grand and elegant. It is now the site of Triangle Park. By the 1950’s its early elegance … Continue reading
The world was on edge in 1953. The cold war was at its height and it was not hard to imagine a nuclear holocaust, especially after the Soviets exploded a hydrogen bomb early in the year. Back yard bomb shelters … Continue reading