What's In Your Wallet?
Even the most opaque historical “mystery” can offer clues to its meaning, if one takes the trouble to look ... READ MORE
Author: Phil Martin
A little nonsense now and then...
This morning I sat down and tried to return to writing for this blog, ready to produce some “serious” content. Of ... READ MORE
The Welch Family
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
Portrait of a Yankee on the Broadki...
Once again, an extraordinary bit of luck has provided the Milton Historical with another portrait of one of the people named ... READ MORE
Young, lovely, ill-fated: the Atkin...
My first project in Milton historical research was to tell the stories of the people whose names appear in the stained glass ... READ MORE
The Samuel Shapiro Story
Part 1: Beginnings In a previous post I looked at the relatively brief Milton sojourn of the Hankin brothers, Aaron and ... READ MORE
Twentieth Century Fox
The ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote, touched the lives of ... READ MORE
The Milton Times
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
Russia On The Broadkill
“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
Compass Rose Windows See The Light ...
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