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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...
Cobb-Blogs – December 2023
A Christmas Visit to Cape Cod in 1895 A recollection by Joseph Mayo Mansfield News, December 2008 “My mother and I left from Worcester by train the day before Christmas to spend the Holy Holiday with my grandparents [in Truro]. This was an exciting time...
Tales From the Archives – Phat
Anthony "Phat" Francis (1896-1969)- Five "Phun" Facts Truro Historical Society's goal is to keep Truro's history alive through our collection of art, objects, photographs, and documents. Both at the Cobb Archive and at the Highland House Museum you can learn about...
The Darmstadt
The Glider Collection at the Cobb Archive contains Doris Frost's scrapbook diary, along with other memorabilia related to the era of gliders on the Outer Cape. Our archive staff and volunteers will assist Truro Historical Society members in researching Truro-related...
Lyle Gun Line
. If you guessed this rope was a critical tool used by volunteer lifesavers in shore-based rescue operations, you are correct! The Highland House Museum's Shipwreck Room tells the stories of famous shipwrecks, the volunteers that manned the boats and cannon, and...
Dick Ryder – “History of Life Saving Stations – From Wood End to Monomoy Point”
Join us at the Highland House Museum on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 7 PM for a fascinating lecture about the History of Life Saving Stations from Provincetown to Chatham.
Forest to Farm: Truro’s Landscape Before and After Thoreau
July 2 through September 30, 2016. Henry David Thoreau visited Cape Cod in 1849, 1850, and 1853. These trips formed the basis for a series of essays, several of which Thoreau published in magazines. After his death, the essays were gathered together and published as...
Living Legacy: Portraits and Stories of Truro Elders
June 1- June 30 “Living Legacy” is an exhibit of large format black and white portraits of Truro elders shot by photographer and artist Mason Morfit and accompanied by personal stories and memories of Truro from live interviews conducted by Ellen Anthony. This project...
August 8 Dinner Sold Out!
Fundraising dinner and silent auction: Our annual fundraising event is a gala dinner and silent auction at the Highland House Museum. The silent auction, open to the public from June 27 - August 8 at 6 PM, involves local artists' transforming (painting, carving,...
Silent Auction – Fish becomes Art
Hand made pine fish have been transformed into fish masterpieces by over 50 local artists who have donated them to the Truro Historical Society for a silent auction. The fish art will be on display and available for bidding in the foyer of the Highland House Museum...
Draggers, Trawlers and Traps: A Century of Fishing on the Outer Cape
June 27 - September 30, 2015 "Draggers, Trawlers and Traps: A Century of Fishing on the Outer Cape" is a multi-faceted exhibit celebrating the history and legacy of Outer Cape fishermen and the unique history of Truro’s by-gone trap fishing industry. This exhibition...
Chamber Singers
Wednesday, August 26th