UNTIL I HAVE NO COUNTRY
The Story of King Philip's War
On November 1, Michael Tougias, New York Times bestselling author,
shared his extensive knowledge about
King Philip's War
This conflict included the Nipmuc tribe,
inhabitants of Central Massachusetts.
WAGON & CARRIAGE SHOW
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Noon - 4 pm
M. M. Sherman Blacksmith Shop
6 Singletary Avenue
The rain held off! We had a few visitors! It was a SUCCESS!!!!
Noon - 4 pm
M. M. Sherman Blacksmith Shop
6 Singletary Avenue
The rain held off! We had a few visitors! It was a SUCCESS!!!!
Photos below courtesy of Joyce Smith
Photos below courtesy of April Eaton Brown
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Finished!!!!
Bottle/Can Drive Sorting and Redemption
It took two days, combined 20 volunteers, for a total of 80 volunteer hours. Now we wait for the tally!
Thanks to Jim Stevenson for this awesome time lapse of the tenacity of these volunteers!!
Finished!!!!
Bottle/Can Drive Sorting and Redemption
It took two days, combined 20 volunteers, for a total of 80 volunteer hours. Now we wait for the tally!
Thanks to Jim Stevenson for this awesome time lapse of the tenacity of these volunteers!!
THANK YOU
Christie Higginbottom
Garden Research Historian
for an amazing presentation held on Tuesday, September 6, 2022
"An Infinite Variety of Fruit"
Historic New England Apples
This program explored the roles played by apples at the table and on the farm landscape in the past, and will celebrate the revival of interest happening today.
The Sutton Beauty apple was cultivated here in Sutton in the late 1700s
by Steven Waters.
by Steven Waters.
Click on each of the images below for more information about the Sutton Beauty Apple!
Local Orchards with Heirloom Apples. Always call ahead to confirm.
Hawk Hill Orchard, West Millbury, MA
Red Apple Farm, Phillipston, MA
Ragged Hill, West Brookfield, MA - varieties include Wolf River (1875), Baldwin & Gravenstein
Bolton Orchards, Bolton, MA
Jaeschke's Orchard, Adams, MA
Purity Farms, Plainfield, CT
Maple Brook Farm, Roxbury, CT
Alyson's Orchard, Walpole, NH
Gould Hill Farm, Contoocook, NH
Poverty Lane Orchard, Lebanon, NH
Hawk Hill Orchard, West Millbury, MA
Red Apple Farm, Phillipston, MA
Ragged Hill, West Brookfield, MA - varieties include Wolf River (1875), Baldwin & Gravenstein
Bolton Orchards, Bolton, MA
Jaeschke's Orchard, Adams, MA
Purity Farms, Plainfield, CT
Maple Brook Farm, Roxbury, CT
Alyson's Orchard, Walpole, NH
Gould Hill Farm, Contoocook, NH
Poverty Lane Orchard, Lebanon, NH
August 2022
General Rufus Putnam Museum Building gets a new paint job
General Rufus Putnam Museum Building gets a new paint job
Ahead of the 200th anniversary of this historical building in Sutton Center in May of 2023, the General Rufus Putnam Museum received a much-needed paint job. A great job for an historic gem!
Saturday, August 6, 2022 - Bottle and Can Drive Sorting Day
HOT! HOT! HOT!
It was one of the hottest days of the summer, but 9 hearty souls worked from 8-1 to sort and bag a small portion of the donated cans and bottles!!
Several more days of sorting ahead, but we will wait for cooler days! We could use more VOLUNTEERS!!!!
THANKS
to all who donated to this important fundraiser for the Society.
It was one of the hottest days of the summer, but 9 hearty souls worked from 8-1 to sort and bag a small portion of the donated cans and bottles!!
Several more days of sorting ahead, but we will wait for cooler days! We could use more VOLUNTEERS!!!!
THANKS
to all who donated to this important fundraiser for the Society.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2022 - Eight Lots School House Potluck
It was a beautiful evening for a get together. The rains held off. The food and friendship were wonderful.
Several toured the historic school house including new Sutton School Superintendent, Kimberly Roberts-Morandi.
Hope to see everyone again next August!
Several toured the historic school house including new Sutton School Superintendent, Kimberly Roberts-Morandi.
Hope to see everyone again next August!
SUTTON TOWN CENTER CEMETERY RESTORATION COMPLETED!!
July 15, 2022 - Last stones reset
Commencing in the summer of 2019 and continuing through the pandemic, the Cemetery Conservation crew has completed work on the oldest cemetery in Sutton located behind the Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road. The last gravestone reset was for Private Jonas Sibley. It measured 96" top-to-bottom. John Jay Sibley's stone reset the previous week measured 99" top-to-bottom.
This cemetery will be highlighted on Saturday, October 29 at 7 pm with a costumed, guided tour in conjunction with the Sutton School's PTO's Trunk or Treat and the Fourth of July Committee's "Oh My Gourd - The Great Pumpkin Extravaganza" on the Common.
A special THANK YOU to members of the Dudley Gendron Post 414 American Legion for their generous financial support of this important community project.
The Conservation Crew has moved on to the Dodge Cemetery located on Leland Hill Road. The stones in the Dodge Cemetery were cleaned in the midst of the pandemic by John and Marion Belculfine. Now it is time for the crew to reset the stones. Volunteers are always needed.
A special thank you to Ross Weaver who presented this project to the Society's Board of Directors and led a crew of dedicated volunteers and boy scouts for three years who have been working on several cemeteries throughout town.
Consistently by Ross's side, a special shout out to Dave Pizzi, Brian Stevenson, John Belculfine (l-r below image).
If not now, then when.....if not us, then who!!
This cemetery will be highlighted on Saturday, October 29 at 7 pm with a costumed, guided tour in conjunction with the Sutton School's PTO's Trunk or Treat and the Fourth of July Committee's "Oh My Gourd - The Great Pumpkin Extravaganza" on the Common.
A special THANK YOU to members of the Dudley Gendron Post 414 American Legion for their generous financial support of this important community project.
The Conservation Crew has moved on to the Dodge Cemetery located on Leland Hill Road. The stones in the Dodge Cemetery were cleaned in the midst of the pandemic by John and Marion Belculfine. Now it is time for the crew to reset the stones. Volunteers are always needed.
A special thank you to Ross Weaver who presented this project to the Society's Board of Directors and led a crew of dedicated volunteers and boy scouts for three years who have been working on several cemeteries throughout town.
Consistently by Ross's side, a special shout out to Dave Pizzi, Brian Stevenson, John Belculfine (l-r below image).
If not now, then when.....if not us, then who!!
Thanks to Ed Chrostowski for the below photographs.
3rd Graders Tour Sutton Center
June 6, 2022
Thank you to Steve Colonies; The Sutton Cannon Club; Museum Curator - Joyce Smith; Board members - Keith Downer, Rochelle Forsythe, and Christine Watkins for hosting the Sutton 3rd Graders!!
Thank you to Steve Colonies; The Sutton Cannon Club; Museum Curator - Joyce Smith; Board members - Keith Downer, Rochelle Forsythe, and Christine Watkins for hosting the Sutton 3rd Graders!!
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The venue for this presentation is the historic Manchaug Mills in which hundreds of French-Canadian immigrants worked during the late 19th and early 20th century. The Village of Manchaug, recently named to the National Register of Historic Places, was a company-owned Village with over 1600 residents, mostly of French-Canadian descent, living and working in the one-square mile village at the turn of the 20th century. Manchaug, a surviving example of the hundreds of similar textile-manufacturing villages throughout New England, boasts period architecture including a company-store building, the mill office building which currently houses the post office, the Mill agent’s home with a distinct mansard roof, as well as many original tenement houses.
The Village of Wilkinsonville in Sutton also boasted a large Franco-American population. These immigrant workers were employed by the Sutton Manufacturing Company which was under the umbrella of Slater & Sons. The company founded by Samuel Slater (b. 1768 d.1835), continued operations in Wilkinsonville from 1829 through 1907. Samuel Slater was an early American industrialist known as the "Father of the Industrial Revolution" and the "Father of the American Factory System".
The Village of Wilkinsonville in Sutton also boasted a large Franco-American population. These immigrant workers were employed by the Sutton Manufacturing Company which was under the umbrella of Slater & Sons. The company founded by Samuel Slater (b. 1768 d.1835), continued operations in Wilkinsonville from 1829 through 1907. Samuel Slater was an early American industrialist known as the "Father of the Industrial Revolution" and the "Father of the American Factory System".
