Merry Christmas from the St. Croix Historical Society. The Christmas card above was probably sold at Ryan’s Book Store on Main Street in Calais about 100 years ago when it cost only a penny to mail and the postcard was … Continue reading
Spruce Point Lighthouse Another view of Spruce Point Lighthouse The Historical Society often receives donations of old photos and documents which folks find in the attic and we appreciate those who keep the Historical Society in mind rather than taking … Continue reading
Sad to say the 50s, which not so long ago was simply “nostalgia”, is fast becoming “history”. Thanks to Ancestry’s new feature – Newpapers.com – we are now able to access old newspapers from across the country and Canada. We … Continue reading
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
Historical Trivia Question: In what year was hunting season in Maine cancelled and why? The answer is below – but first, as it is now hunting season, some of our favorite hunting photos. Hunters Musquash 1933 From left: Paul Plaisted, … Continue reading
After World War 2 almost all of the local towns erected “Honor Rolls” to honor those who served in the Second World War. Many of the monuments also included the names of those who served in the Great War which historians … Continue reading
Every defendant in a criminal case expects their attorney to mount a vigorous and energetic defense to whatever criminal charges the State has brought against them. In the early days there few, if any, rules of professional conduct for attorneys, … Continue reading
Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin The year 1927 lacked many important international events. U.S. Marines again invaded Nicaragua to protect vested U.S interests but this invasion raised hardly an eyebrow in the international community. Another event, the significance of which … Continue reading
The Mansion House in Robbinston has had many notable owners over the years. The first was General John Brewer, one of Robbinston’s first settlers, who built what has been called the “Downeast Mount Vernon” around 1815 in the elegant architectural … Continue reading
There was a time when the St. Croix Valley was famous for racehorses and its many stock farms. One of these was the Eaton Stock farm which we believe was on the Eaton property near Forest City but was officially … Continue reading