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One of the most striking and beautiful places on the St. Croix River is Mill Cove in Robbinston where the Ridge Road, formerly the old County Road, and the old Eastport Road, now Route 1, meet. Going south the view … Continue reading
John "Al" Churchill
Christmas being only a few days away, we realized once again that it is too late to snail mail Christmas cards.This happens every year. It is not too late, however, to send electronically a selection of interesting Christmas cards from … Continue reading
This article was originally written for our newsletter in 1994. John Warren Moore During the mid 1800’s, the learned art of cabinet making and carpentry began to flourish. It seems only natural that with the forest’s richness of lumber and … Continue reading
When in the fall of 1941 a group of Calais notables, including the eminent historian Ned Lamb and businessmen John Trimble and Arthur Unobskey, wrote to President Roosevelt offering the White House a Christmas tree from St Croix Island for … Continue reading
For folks from the St Croix Valley there is no road which has evokes the memories or has such a firm grip on the local psyche as the “Airline”. Just a glance at the photo above which is fairly recent … Continue reading
This poem, which fondly recalls former WQDY personality Ron MacKechnie, was written by local poet Alberta Farthing Owens. Alberta was born here in Calais in 1936, graduated from CMHS in 1954, married Frederick Owens in 1961, and used to write poetry for … Continue reading
1912 was an eventful year by any measure. Who can forget the sinking of the Titanic- a tragedy which has never lost its fascination for writers and media moguls. However, the Titanic was only one of the events of the … Continue reading
Built in 1847, the Hill Brick Block at the corner of North and Main Streets is both much the same today and much changed. In the photo above taken about 1900 the building was filled with businesses on the ground … Continue reading
Until very recently, the four border communities (Calais, St. Stephen, and the Milltowns) have been largely one social and economic unit. Cross border romances and marriages have always been common. The great lumber barons harvested the forests with equal voraciousness … Continue reading
Washington County has had its share of scams over the years: the Lubec “Gold from Seawater” swindle comes immediately to mind, as does the Burwash fraud of a century ago when vacation lots in Wesley were offered in the bug-infested … Continue reading