Bits of Beacon History
Black history, Lafayette Avenue, Madame Zingarra and saving a president
Bits of Beacon History
Dead mayor streets, Mark Twain’s “visit,” Cedar Lawn
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Bits of Beacon History
Hollywood comes to town, the Forrestal legacy, the east end silos
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The Great War Comes Home
A century ago, the first local men died in WWI
Bits of Beacon History
Classic postcard, plastic snow, electric flying suits
Bits of Beacon History
A message from above, and treating Zelda
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Beacon’s Wall of Honor
Sign painter inscribed names of 1,704 service members
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Bits of Beacon History
A “commuter ski school,” Bookie Blox and a Hellcat buzzes Main
Bits of Beacon History
Beacon’s stuntman, the first TV, cat trouble and a mystery man
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Bits of Beacon History
Explosions, daredevils, cannonballs and straw hats
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Bits of Beacon History
A poem, pigeons, a new fridge and an early female doctor
Bits of Beacon History
A local historian shares some tales of the past