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Main Street in the 1950s Six years ago when the Boston Shoe Store closed we did an article on the history of the store, shown above in the 1950s when the wooden block from the corner of Monroe Street to … Continue reading
Category Archives: History of Calais
Calvin Graves shot and killed two game wardens near Wesley in November 1886 When we left the story of Calvin Graves, Graves had fled from Fletcher Brook near Wesley where he had killed two games wardens, Lyman Hill and Charles … Continue reading
Boston Globe November 10 1886 In the fall of 1886, two Maine game wardens were shot and killed by Calvin Graves at Fletcher Brook near Wesley. While we don’t know the history of the Maine Warden Service, we are unaware … Continue reading
Rare framed ad owned by local collector Those of us who grew up in Calais in the 50s spent far too much time, at least according to adults, hanging around the bowling alley or inveigling money them to go the … Continue reading
The Israel Andrews Hotel about 1900 From at least the early 1870s until March 3, 1989, a large wooden building occupied the riverside corner of Whitney and Main Streets in Calais. The building was originally a part of J.A. Murchie’s … Continue reading
Note: This piece was written by Harry Edgar “Ned” Lamb (b. October 10, 1874), founding member of the SCHS and noted local historian/journalist. It was published in The Calais Advertiser. The first road in Calais from Milltown was down what … Continue reading
1883 saw perhaps Calais’s most notorious murder when Herbert Eaton, ne’er-do-well heir to one of the Eaton family’s lumbering fortunes, shot his brother and business partner Joseph and a friend Samuel Kelley for no reason other than he was apparently … Continue reading
Joe Nicholas 1974 Joseph Nicholas of Pleasant Point is shown above entertaining Bernice MacDougall’s kindergarten class at Thanksgiving 1974. Tribal Representative in the Augusta, holder of nearly every important tribal office locally and noted humorist and raconteur, Joe was a … Continue reading
Airline Road Aurora 1936 Airline Road Breakneck Hill near Wesley very early Today a drive over the Airline is a breeze, the road is entirely paved, near switchbacks and 90 degree turns have been removed and there are long passing … Continue reading
The below text is from an article written for the Calais Advertiser in 1960 by Carol Obliskey who most of us know as Carol Ann Nicholson. We have added photos of the businesses she describes. Not all are 1960 but … Continue reading