Posted on June 11, 2021 at 2:42 PM by Patty Ryburn
In the summer of 2011--ten years ago as I write this--Canton native Edward D. Galvin donated from his personal collection of Canton memorabilia (and generously paid to have professionally framed) a large wall map of emerging industrial Canton. This now 165 year old early accurate sketch of our community provides a glimpse of the roads and rivers, locales and landmarks--including resources both natural and manmade--which create the backbone of a town that has since increased tenfold in population and now supports hundreds of businesses and organizations.
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Posted on March 20, 2021 at 3:22 PM by Patty Ryburn
Born in Belchertown in western Massachusetts, Oliver Smith Chapman came to Canton in his early twenties as a result of his involvement in the construction of the Canton Viaduct, c. 1834. Following his father’s occupation as a wheelwright, Oliver also established a sawmill and later found his mechanical proclivities well suited to the transportation industry of the age--the railroad.
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Posted on January 19, 2021 at 3:04 PM by Patty Ryburn
It’s often said that an artist’s spirit and sense of self comes across in their work and in Jim Hooley’s case, this old adage may indeed prove true.
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