Over 900 men and women came to Canton two weeks ago to see a rare display of one of our country’s greatest handmade treasures. This particular piece of handcraft has been a part of Canton’s history for over 225 years. Martha Crafts was very particular, and most especially in her needlework. The second child of […]
As Captain Harold Winslow sat at his kitchen table, his boyhood home of Canton seemed so far away. It had been more than 25 years since he had been in his parent’s home on High Street.
Harold Winslow cut the very figure of the dashing sea captain that he was. At 45 his shock of black hair swept up from his prominent forehead, and his eyes still had the twinkle of wistfulness for the Atlantic Ocean. Winslow thought back on his career and smiled softly to himself, yet his body winced […]
When it was built, it was the largest public structure in Canton. A grand memorial to the men of the Civil War, we named it Memorial Hall. All across America the soldiers who fought in the War Between the States were beginning to pass away, and for the great masses of men who fought, there […]
Anyone who lives in an old house can tell you that there are stories in every corner of that home. We are simply caretakers of old homes — owning them within a long line of homeowners both in the past and the future. For a family that really never had their own home, the Harrisons […]
Chris Fisher lives on Indian Lane here in Canton. Fisher’s hobby is making scale models — not airplanes or cars, but buildings, which are his passion. Having spent months working on his masterpiece, a scale model of one of Canton’s most historic landmarks, all that remains now for Fisher is to find a place to […]
It was an extremely emotional time. I was holding the skull of these same Indians who were friends of Sassamon and Eliot. Each day revealed new information about their burial practices and the lives they lived in Ponkapoag.
Last week we celebrated Thanksgiving, and while the roots of the traditional story are well told, there are elements of the contact between the native population and the Puritans that heralded the end of a civilization. In Canton, there are abundant reminders of what once was, but could never survive. The facts are startling: Put […]
It often seems to the general public that the main function of local historical societies is to be a trusted repository or museum of information, records, documents, artifacts, and objects that must be preserved for posterity, both specific
Quincy Shaw Lowry loved bugs. In particular, it was worms and larvae that captured his attention. Early in his career, Lowry studied the Phorbia brassicae Bouche — the cabbage maggot. Becoming an expert in worms and insects would be a lifelong passion for this Canton boy. Lowry was born in June 1890 to Martin and […]
