By Marguerite Krupp, Originally published in the 1972 Centennial Magazine
It was called TIOT, “the place to cross the water.”
By Marguerite Krupp, Originally published in the 1972 Norwood Centennial Magazine The Indians who lived near the Great Blue Hill…
Norwood’s Living History-South Parish
Gradually, more people moved to this settlement but they were still required to attend Sunday sendees and Town Meetings in…
Norwood’s Living History-Colonial War Years
The years between the founding of the South Dedham Parish and the Revolutionary War were busy ones in South Dedham.…
Norwood’s Living History-“The Hook” Is Born
ln 1806, when the Norfolk and Bristol turnpike was laid down along present Washington Street, it brought even more business…
Norwood’s Living History-Manufacturing Begins
In 1849, the sound of pick and shovel on the Norfolk County Railroad re-awakened agricultural South Dedham to its industrial…
Norwood’s Living History-Independence
In this atmosphere, the frictions between Dedham and its South Parish, which had been building since 1734, finally set off…
Norwood’s Living History-Post War Norwood
The dream of “home” that sustained so many soldiers during the long war years began to take tangible form when…