By Jerry LaPointe During the last half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, Calais was graced with many beautiful homes. Many of the largest and most architecturally significant of these stood along Main Street extending … Continue reading
Main Street Calais about 1900 North Street to right, St. Croix Hotel to left The St. Croix Valley 100 years ago was a far different place than it is today. Calais, St. Stephen, Eastport and all the outlying communities had … Continue reading
Postcard circa 1920 We have had inquiries recently with questions about Milltown- is it part of Calais or a separate town, did it ever have its own government, police department, etc. and where does Calais end and Milltown begin? We … Continue reading
In days past Calais and St. Stephen was truly one community—everyone had close friends and/or relatives across the border which was crossed by the three bridges over the river shown above. Until the mid-‘50s the bridge at Ferry Point was … Continue reading
Calais Hospital Groundbreaking 1953 Tommy back row third from the left From the early 1930s until his death in a plane crash in 1973 Thomas DiCenzo was one of the most accomplished and successful businessmen in Calais history. Locally few … Continue reading
In an earlier article we covered a 1895 “Letter From Maine” written by HMT, no other identifying information, which described for the folks in his hometown of Shepherdstown West Virginia HMT’s trip from Shepherdstown West Virginia to Calais and his … Continue reading
Shepherdstown West Virginia 1800s Shepherdstown is a small town in West Virginia on the Potomac. Said to be the oldest incorporated town in West Virginia it was established in 1762 and in 1895 had a population of 1300. Today it … Continue reading
The Wilderness Lodge Township 24 One of the more interesting and somewhat puzzling buildings on the Airline is the Wilderness Lodge, which is located in Township 24, Middle Division west of Wesley. An old landmark, it sits there seemingly abandoned and … Continue reading
The rakers are already fanning out across the blueberry fields of Washington County, a long standing tradition that goes back well over a century. 120 years ago the tradition was a bit different as you can see from this 1898 article … Continue reading
Yankee Division and 103rd Regiment, including many from Washington County returning from Europe to the states in 1919 (New York Harbor) Most of the local men who served in France and Belgium in World War 1 were in the 103rd … Continue reading