This morning I sat down and tried to return to writing for this blog, ready to produce some “serious” content. Of ... READ MORE

I have written about J. B. Welch before (follow this link to read his full story). He was a druggist, jeweler and watch ... READ MORE

Once again, an extraordinary bit of luck has provided the Milton Historical with another portrait of one of the people named ... READ MORE

My first project in Milton historical research was to tell the stories of the people whose names appear in the stained glass ... READ MORE

Part 1: Beginnings In a previous post I looked at the relatively brief Milton sojourn of the Hankin brothers, Aaron and ... READ MORE

The ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote, touched the lives of ... READ MORE

I have often stated that my primary source of information about the life of the town of Milton in the early 20th century was ... READ MORE

“An act was done in Milton on Sunday morning the like of which was never done before in this town.” So begins a paragraph by ... READ MORE

When I first photographed the stained glass in the Lydia B. Cannon Museum, I was a bit frustrated in not being able to get ... READ MORE