Under a threatening sky, 40 children set out from the Dean S. Luce School for a pilgrimage into Canton’s history. The third graders walked past ancient stone walls, over the dam at Reservoir Pond, quite near the Tilden House and up past the Draper home on Pleasant Street. At the intersection of Washington and Pleasant […]
Editor’s note: Below is the second in a two-part series about the robbery of the Norfolk County Trust Company in Canton on July 18, 1957. Part 1 of the series appeared in the Citizen on May 24. As 21 patrons were herded into the vault at the Norfolk County Trust Company, many of them wondered […]
They entered the bank after the morning rush hour had ended. The off-duty police officer had just finished his shift, and business had been especially brisk that day. At 10 in the morning on Thursday, July 18, 1957, one of Canton’s most spectacular bank robberies was just about to take place. By the end of […]
Nellie Crowd is 90 years old, and on a visit to her husband’s hometown of Canton last August she found herself at the door of the Canton Historical Society. The locked door gave her pause, and the mission to Canton remained unfulfilled. Nellie lives in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and these days she depends on her daughter […]
Each week one of the most read sections of the Canton Citizen is the Police Log. The small weekly entries detail the petty crimes, break-ins, and traffic accidents across what is generally deemed a very safe community. There is a certain interest in checking in on the crime logs even to become more aware that […]
Monday is one of those “half holidays,” meaning that half of us get the day off and half of us work. Hardly anyone can fully explain the holiday today — Marathon Monday, Patriot’s Day, or the day when one is absolutely certain that the Red Sox will be playing at home. Patriot’s Day commemorates the […]
The Revere Barn is one of Canton’s most historic buildings and one of America’s most endangered historic sites. In this week’s installment of True Tales, town historian George Comeau makes his case for the Community Preservation Act.
Through the trees and across the Canton Corner Cemetery, the bell peals each Sunday. The sweet sound calls parishioners to the services at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church — the quintessential white steeple church alongside the burying ground where generations of Canton’s citizens have been laid to rest. And from this steeple, history sounds […]
Click here to go back to Part 1. The two gun-crossed lovers were married the next spring, and from then on they were inseparable. Mrs. Jones, “Gussie” as she was called in the camp, vowed she would shoot as well as the boys, and in fact she would become an expert huntress at Birch Point. […]
Click here to go back to part 1 of “Take a Hike.” As you walk under the ancient maple trees that lead to Ponkapoag Pond, you are on a 160-year journey back in time. This half-mile path leads directly to the pond, and as you near the Ponkapoag Dam Project (watch for signs), you will […]
