Stories from Acton

Learning which Acton residents were at Concord's North Bridge on April 19, 1775 is helped by a list written by a militia captain of Acton's East company.

See a sign-up sheet of Acton's East militia company as of Sept. 29, 1774 under Capt. Robbins.

Online 1855 census indices have missed a page of Acton residents, available here.

A souvenir from the stagecoach era led to research into travel before the railroad arrived.

F. W. Pelton ran a private high school in Acton in 1852 and put on quite a show of students' work.

A document at the Acton Historical Society reveals that two prisoners of war were in town during the Revolution.