The railroad accident which happened at the North Truro Station on the evening of July 29th, was the only thing of the kind which has occurred in this vicinity since the road was built. On the day in question the downward freight train in charge of Conductor...

Arriving in Truro during wartime in 1918, Edward Wilson stumbled upon Eben Payne’s humble grocery store—“an oasis in a desert.” Inside, surrounded by barrels of crackers and penny candy, Eben Payne—cobwebbed boater hat and all—cheerfully served customers with meat cut from ice chest chunks, using the same hatchet he used for kindling.

Three years after George Washington was elected president…. he helped found the Humane Society.