Robert Murphy, Author at Highlands Current

Bits of Beacon History

School for men, first black Beacon grad, cottages on the mountain

Hollywood director, the old theater, three red houses, when Lincoln visited

Black history, Lafayette Avenue, Madame Zingarra and saving a president

Dead mayor streets, Mark Twain’s “visit,” Cedar Lawn

By Robert Murphy on December 10, 2018Comments Off on Bits of Beacon HistoryRead More

Hollywood comes to town, the Forrestal legacy, the east end silos

By Robert Murphy on October 15, 2018Comments Off on Bits of Beacon HistoryRead More

A century ago, the first local men died in WWI

Classic postcard, plastic snow, electric flying suits

A message from above, and treating Zelda

By Robert Murphy on June 12, 2018Comments Off on Bits of Beacon HistoryRead More

Sign painter inscribed names of 1,704 service members

By Robert Murphy on May 28, 2018Comments Off on Beacon’s Wall of HonorRead More

A “commuter ski school,” Bookie Blox and a Hellcat buzzes Main

Beacon’s stuntman, the first TV, cat trouble and a mystery man

By Robert Murphy on October 31, 2017Comments Off on Bits of Beacon HistoryRead More

Explosions, daredevils, cannonballs and straw hats

By Robert Murphy on July 27, 2017Comments Off on Bits of Beacon HistoryRead More

A poem, pigeons, a new fridge and an early female doctor

A local historian shares some tales of the past