DEERFIELD — On Columbus Day weekend there will be a lot of stories traded over antiques at the 2016 Historic Deerfield antiques show.
“One of the most interesting aspects of buying antiques is the stories that are revealed, unveiling the history and the journey of an object,” organizers said about the event.
The show will include antiques such as “a rare, 17th-century Carver Chair from Kingston, R.I., circa 1670,” and “handcrafted artwork of a Massachusetts schoolgirl.”
Visitors can attend, browse and see antiques that “come with unique histories that help to tell the story of early America.”
CONWAY — There was talk of a robbery in town last week, but police officials aren’t concerned because it happened almost 150 years ago.
According to the Conway Historical Society, former society president and local historian Phillip Kantor talked about “The Great Conway Bank Robbery” last week at the historical society building on Main Street.
His presentation covered a period in 1875 when “there was a spate of bank robberies in West County, conducted by criminals who traveled here from New York City with the express purpose of robbing banks.”