NEW YEAR ... NEW BEGINNINGS This year has slipped away and was still in the grips of Covid-19 and all of its variants. This leaving small groups like ours up in the air for events and fundraising. The museum continued opening every other Sunday or by appointment for the most part, not closing this year …
Tag: History
Eaton’s Early Roots!
Since this Memorial Day we will be Celebrating our Revolutionary War Soldiers including Myles Standish Jr. who is buried in our Cemetery and fought in the Revolutionary War.....some history! Many of our original settlers in Eaton date back to the Mayflower and the settlers of Natick especially the Morse, Leland, Kent and Stowe families. Eaton followed much …
A Special Black History Month Post
I was on Facebook today and found a quote posted of a woman I greatly admired when I was much younger. The Quote Her name was Isabelle Baumfree, born in 1797, into slavery, right here in the State of New York. Yes, New York …and as a young person I found that hard to believe …
Missionaries of Eaton
While working on a new book named “The History You Never Knew” the past few days, I came across much information that has actually never come to light in regular history books. Many of the young folk in Eaton actually tried to become missionaries to exotic lands many were successful. It seems the lure of …
Friends of the Old Town of Eaton Museum 