Stories from Acton

From 1892-1902, Kimball's morocco factory operated in South Acton, MA.

Many sources have confused Acton's first minister Rev. John Swift with his son, Dr. John Swift.

Painter Annie (Hardy) Payson lived in Acton with her husband Arthur and sons Aurin, and Arthur Hardy from about 1904-1914. She not only painted but also taught painting in town.

Captain Joseph Brown served during the Revolutionary War and served the town of Acton for many years afterward.

Remembering William G. Rodway, an Acton resident who served in the Spanish American War and died in service but is not on the town's monument to its veterans.

"Five brave ladies" from South Acton registered to vote in 1895

Hanson Littlefield was involved in numerous West Acton business ventures between 1869 and 1903.

Research into West Acton's football team in the 1890s

Research into a tintype of a peddler in front of John Cosgrove's West India Goods store

The 1906-1907 Acton School Committee report reveals the events that were considered worthy of being remembered by raising the flag on their anniversaries.

John Sherman Hoar's New England Vise Company manufactured a patented vise for a short time in West Acton.

A mystery photograph in our collection shows a horse pulling an unknown object, possibly a street sweeper.

Research into the life of Captain Robert P. Boss, buried in Acton, Massachusetts.

The superintendent of schools' 1915 report illustrates the concerns and the home-school relationship of the period.

In the early 1900s, school crowding became so severe and politics so divided, Acton sent its high school students to Concord.

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

Searching for an Acton photographer named Taylor yielded not only F. J. Taylor but Margaret as well.

Research into the origin of the cannons on the town common in Acton, MA.