COBB BLOGS April 2024 Big Plans for Truro in 1969: Proposed Pamet Harbor Development In 1969, Truro had received a federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to create a Master Plan – “To give the town the developmental and … [Read more...]
March, 2024 – A Truro Boy Rebels Against the Hardness of Life, ca. 1905
A Truro Boy Rebels Against the Hardness of Life, ca. 1905 by Thomas Hopkins (1889-1982) L. Thomas Hopkins was an influential, progressive educator who was born and died in Truro. His family lived on the now-vacant property across from Snow Park in Truro Center; his mother ran … [Read more...]
A 1908 Highland House Vacation
A 1908 Highland House Vacation Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Dodge vacationed at the Highland House between June 25 and July 24, 1908. The couple checked into Room 2 of the Highland House Hotel, which opened just a year earlier by Isaac Morton Small. New Hotel Built in 1907 In the … [Read more...]
February 2024 – 50 Acres in Truro
February 2024 50 Acres in Truro Written by Victor Morris, 1993 "I was born in North Truro, Jan 28, 1903. My grandfather, Joseph Morris, Sr., was born in Fayal, Azores. He and his brother Victor were orphaned early. Both were unhappy and 'ran away to sea'. They served as … [Read more...]
Cobb-Blogs – January 2024
January, 2024 Happy New Year from Snowie January, 1943 Horace Snow Jr., familiarly known as 'Snowie' was born in Truro in 1906. In 1939 Horace Sr. and Jr. were operating the Shell Station in Downtown Pamet at Wilder's Crossing, when Snowie began publishing his gossipy and … [Read more...]
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