During our first meeting of 2015, President Al Churchill gave us an excellent impression of what life was like in Calais during the start and progression of the Second World War. Al provided slides of scanned images from the Calais … Continue reading
Most of the early journals and materials that we have are from the prominent citizens and families of Calais. This is largely because if you weren’t wealthy you either weren’t inclined to write (or you might not even know how … Continue reading
The December edition of the SCHS is now available for viewing. Articles include: Fleeting Seasons and Timeless Facades in Calais Memories of Calais: Clarence Beckett (part 2) The Policemen of Calais in the Early 20th Century Have a look: December-2014-newsletter-Web-version … Continue reading
Our September 2014 newsletter (Volume 23, issue 2) is now available for viewing at no cost. Articles in this issue include: SCHS Celebrates 60th Anniversary Calais Gains a Monument and Loses an Iconic Store (regarding the Nexus monument and Treworgy’s … Continue reading
As we make our migration back to cyberspace, we are pleased to present our June 2014 newsletter for perusal. june-newsletter2 … Continue reading
The monthly meeting of the Historical Society will be held at the Holmestead on Monday at 7:00 P.M. on September 9th. We will be showing two short historical films produced by Maine Public Broadcasting and discussing other topics of local … Continue reading
The regular meeting of the society will be on May 6th at 7:00 at the Holmestead on Main Street in Calais. There will be a short business meeting and short program on the fate of ships built in Calais during … Continue reading
The April meeting of the Historical Society will be on April 1st, 2013 at 7:00 P.M. at the Holmestead on Main Street. Program to be announced later.
Welcome to the new SCHS website. Bookmark us and stay tuned. We’ll keep you up to date on happenings at the St. Croix Historical Society. We are still working on the photo pages and hope to work out problems in the … Continue reading