January 24, 1936, was a bitter, cold day in the Northeast. Gale force winds lashed the coast, and the thermometer was near zero and going down. The newspapers reported the storm as “The wildest gale and highest sea known here … Continue reading
Laurence Trimble and Jean Laurence Trimble and his black and white border collie Jean were well-known actors in the early days of silent films. To be honest Jean was more of a star than her owner and she is said … Continue reading
The Holmestead Main Street Calais 1860s, home of the Historical Society Mystics, mediums, soothsayers and those who claimed to have paranormal powers have been around since the Fox sisters of Hydesville New York claimed in the late 1840ss that they could … Continue reading
S. M.Saxby, The Weather Prophet I had the pleasure of presenting a program last Sunday at the Eastport Arts Center on the Saxby Gale. For those not familiar with the Saxby Gale of 1869, the worst storm to ever strike … Continue reading
Abandoned Ships San Francisco Harbor Gold Rush There was no lack of shipping in San Francisco Harbor during the Gold Rush in the early 1850s. The harbor was crowded with sailing ships of all kinds but nearly all of them were … Continue reading
Sam McKnight, far right Sam McKnight, far right, was a true Milltowner. Born in 1872 he lived in Milltown nearly his entire life, a long life of 97 years during which he and his wife Mary had several children and … Continue reading
Water Street, St. Stephen, about 1900 The above postcard can be dated to about 1900, the streetcar tracks visible in the photo were laid in 1895 and there are no autos which would have been present after 1905. In those … Continue reading
Riots said to be instigated by the Irish in New York about 1850 In the late 1840s, the four towns, Calais, St. Stephen and the two Milltowns, were just beginning to become prosperous from shipbuilding and lumbering but remained basically … Continue reading
USS Cony Hampton Roads 1957 The USS Cony was a destroyer launched in 1942 at Bath Iron Works. It was named to honor a local man, Joseph Saville Cony, for his service in the Civil War. Joseph Cony was born … Continue reading
The Moosehorn Calais section at top The City of Calais has about 31 square miles of territory, making it a fairly large Township. However, only about 13 square miles of the city are known to most residents, the remainder being … Continue reading