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It was the 1820s before what passed as roads in the St Croix Valley were improved enough for stage travel. According to Herb Silsby of Ellsworth: “Prior to 1825 there were no stage coaches in Downeast Maine, because … Continue reading
John "Al" Churchill
The St. Croix Valley has been known since the late 1800’s for its candymakers. Ganong’s in St. Stephen is said to have invented the candy bar and even today produces quality chocolates sold all over the world. Many local individual … Continue reading
The walking path on the old railroad bed along the river is a wonderful asset to thecommunity. It goes from the bottom of Barker Street to Todd Street, about a mile and ahalf. However for the adventurous it really makes … Continue reading
Stanleigh Knowlton and his parrot Mate in their Main Street home Stanleigh Knowlton and his parrot Mate pictured above were not in the true sense of the word local historical characters. Stanleigh was a Brit who fetched up in Calais … Continue reading
[Note: This article, written by Lura Jackson, was originally published in The Calais Advertiser in 2017.] There aren’t many people around these days that can recall what it was like to live through World War II, either as civilians … Continue reading
Bangor Daily News May 1, 1918 The First World War, then known as the Great War, is said to have resulted in 40 million deaths and when it finally ended in 1919 was optimistically believed by many to be the … Continue reading
1938 was that once distant rumble which is suddenly upon us, resolving any doubt that the skies will soon open. For five years the democracies had been trying to divine Hitler’s intentions and how far he would go to achieve … Continue reading
A July victory parade in front of the State Theatre and A and P in 1942. 1942 marked the beginning of U.S. involvement as a combatant in World War 2, a war which was just then going very badly for … Continue reading
We won’t attempt to summarize the important events of 1945 – the short list would be pages long. It is fair to say 1945 marked the end game in the most destructive war in history, that involving the European theater … Continue reading
A number of geopolitical events occurred in 1949 which altered the world dramatically, changing the international order in ways which are having a very direct impact today. Communist China declared itself a nation, as did its rival on Taiwan. China … Continue reading