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A Brief History of Cohasset
 ~ History of Cohasset and its businesses
A Brief History of Little Harbor ~ How Little Harbor became a harbor
An Old New England Village Green ~ The story of Cohasset's Town Commons
Application to National Register of Historic Places, Narrative for Cohasset Central Cemetery
Application to National Register of Historic Places, Statement of Significance.
Brass Button Ave ~ The history of actors and their homes along the Cohasset coastline
Cars and Carriages ~ The early steam engine cars and gas engines in Cohasset
Cemetery Art in Colonial Times ~ Headstone carving in Colonial America
Civil War Soldier Received Top Honor ~ Cohasset's Gaylord S. Brown receives the Medal of Honor
Cohasset's Break from Hingham ~ How Cohasset became a town
Cohasset's Cosmopolitan Sea Captains ~ The history and background of Cohasset's Sea Captains
Cohasset's Earliest Homes ~ Descriptions of the locations for Cohasset's earliest homes
Cohasset's First Town History ~ Cohasset catches historical fever and writes it's own story for the first time
Early Burying Grounds ~ The creation of Cohasset early burial grounds in the 18th century
Early Libraries ~ The Social and Washington Libraries and the Cohasset's desire for a free public library.
Early Seashore Resorts of Cohasset ~ Development of early resorts in Cohasset after the 1840's
Ed Tower's Recollections ~ A long time citizen of Cohasset recalls his families long history in town.
Ellery Clark ~ The story of Cohasset’s own Olympian in the first modern Olympics of 1896.
Exiled in Cohasset: The Lantern Hangers Story ~ What happened to the man who lit the lanterns that started Paul Revere's Ride
First Fire Engine ~ The story of Cohasset’s need to equip the "Fire Wardens" with the first fire engine.
First Post Office ~ Cohasset's early Postmasters and Post Offices.
High Water in Cohasset
Highlights of Cohasset History ~ Captain John Smith in Cohasset
History of the Hagerty Property ~ Mariners Park and the Hagerty Family
Ira Stoughton's Memories of Early Cohasset ~ Ira Stoughton's memories of the early 1900s in Cohasset
Life of a Sailor Boy: Earliest Memories ~ Captain Francis Pratt's earliest memories
Little Harbor ~ History of Little Harbor and its roads, bridges and dams
Merchants of Old Cohasset ~ Story of early merchants in Cohasset
Minot's Ledge Lighthouse ~ History of Minot's Light
Mrs Percival's Diary ~ A Cohasset housewife keeps a diary of a unique voyage
Old Cohasset Doctors ~ Early physicians of Cohasset as told from eye witness accounts and passed down tales.
Origins of Conahasset ~ Where the name Cohasset originated
Pirate Ships ~ Cohasset's ties to an ill fated pirate ship
Scituate Light and Shipwrecks ~ Story of Scituate Light and Minot Light and the wrecks along the coast of Cohasset
Securing its place in history ~ Cohasset Central Cemetery is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Storied Rocks of Cohasset ~ Tales of the rocks and islands of Cohasset
Superba! Hanlon Brothers ~ The Hanlon Brothers were a family of theater actors who settled in Cohasset.
The Battle Over Atlantic Ave ~ History of Atlantic Ave
The Savor of Salt at Cohasset ~ Salt production in Cohasset
Thoreau in Cohasset ~ Henry David Thoreau visits Cohasset
Two Old-Time Cohasset Inns ~ The Red Lion Inn and The Black Rock House
War of 1812 ~ The effects of the War of 1812 on the economy of Cohasset.
Why Cohasset is in Norfolk County ~ How Cohasset came to be surrounded by Plymouth County
Wreck of the St. John ~ The tragic wreck of the Irish “famine ship” St. John