Taunton History

On this date in 1974, the scratch ticket became an official Taunton transferable currency.

How we Tauntonians were taught to mis-pronounce the word "Gondola" is beyond me.

This day in Taunton History:
November 17th, 1945.
German POWs in Interment Camps in Taunton hold an impromptu, albeit belated, Oktoberfest. In the early hours of the following day, 52 escape back to Germany due to Taunton guards seeing nothing, hearing nothing from what could only be described as blind drunkenness.
Later, a "comedic" TV show would reverse these roles and Hogan's Heroes would spawn many half-hearted laughs.

Narcan named Official Sponsor of Taunton's 2016 "Lights On" Festival.
More like Lights (Back) On Festival, am I right folks?

This Just In:
Taunton to represent USA at Rio Olympics in newly added sport,
The Downtrodden Downhill.
Eat yr Wheaties kids!
(Or whatever the Save-A-Lot equivalent may be...
..Whaties?)

Did you know: Early Taunton Settler, Shadrach Wilbore once ate an entire Thanksgiving Feast on his own, thus earning the moniker "The Feasty Boy". Some rap group would later immortalize the feat in both song and name.

Breaking News: Taunton slogan officially changed from Silver City to Sliver City due to citywide spell check cutbacks.

Big News coming from Taunton History!
To celebrate the historic 379th anniversary of when the first white settler gave up on his dreams and decided to call Taunton home, the Taunton History page will soon be making a comeback!
(Yeah, our scratch-ticket retirement plan didn't work out.)
So, check in with us soon.

Tauntonian, Robert Treat Paine signed the Declaration of Independence, officially making him a founding father, but when he was out of ear-shot, people referred to him as a "Fondling Father."

Morton hospital was originally licensed for livestock and historians still debate when it transitioned over to general care.

The land for Taunton was traded from the Native Americans for two pails of cranberries when the chief only asked for one.