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
prohibition According to St. Stephen historian Doug Dougherty, in the early 1890s the illicit entry of liquor into Calais from St. Stephen and the flow of kerosene in the opposite direction prompted someone to write a song called “Song of … Continue reading
Buggy at the Corner of the Shattuck Road Red Beach and Route 1 In 1900, Red Beach was a busy and in many ways idyllic New England village. The scene above shows the “Main Street” now Route 1 from the … Continue reading
The above photo shows Herbert Eaton ice fishing with friends. We don’t know if it was taken before or after he shot and killed Sam Kelley in 1883. The story of this shooting and that of his brother who survived … Continue reading