Some of the Noyes students were the best and brightest of their generation.

For Wallace, the story of Noyes Academy was the pointless loss of a school that would have transformed his beloved Canaan.

Noyes Academy was destroyed on August 10 1835. On August 11, the corpse was dragged down the street.

August 10, 1835. Come to Canaan. Going to be wild. Bring an Ox.

The destroyers of the school went to great lengths to pretend they were within the law. They weren't. Not even close.

Once Noyes Academy was established, both its supporters and its opponents held rallies to drum up support for their side.

Would Noyes Academy have survived without Trussell's war on "perjured Masons?" Wallace thinks it might have.

Noyes Academy ended up in Canaan for a whole bunch of reasons. Most of them revolved around abolitionist N.P. Rogers.

This is the beginning of the story of Noyes Academy as told by William Wallace. In this post, I mostly provide context.

I had two interests when I began Wallace’s History of Canaan . The first was Noyes Academy and the second was apples. I'm surprised to...

Money, the having and not having of which makes all the difference.

Even the best among us can be powerless in the face of determined evil. But there will be sheep, so not to worry.