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September 24, 2021


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Robert Murphy

Robert Murphy

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Murphy is an official historian for the City of Beacon and president emeritus of the Beacon Historical Society after serving as its president from 1998 to 2018. These items were excerpted from his blog at beaconhistorical.org.

Beacon News

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | October 27, 2019

Halloweens past, maker of parks, St. Joachim’s dedication, mystery object

Beacon News

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | August 13, 2019

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

Beacon News

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | May 12, 2019

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

Beacon News

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | March 4, 2019

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

Beacon News

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | December 10, 2018

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

Beacon News

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | October 15, 2018

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

Beacon News

The Great War Comes Home

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | August 19, 2018

A century ago, the first local men died in WWI

Beacon News

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | August 8, 2018

Classic postcard, plastic snow, electric flying suits

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | June 12, 2018

A message from above, and treating Zelda

Beacon News

Beacon’s Wall of Honor

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | May 28, 2018

Sign painter inscribed names of 1,704 service members

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | February 6, 2018

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

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | October 31, 2017

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

Beacon News

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | July 27, 2017

Explosions, daredevils, cannonballs and straw hats

Beacon News

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | April 25, 2017

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

Beacon News

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy, Contributor | March 1, 2017

A local historian shares some tales of the past

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