This is the last post in the project. So I sum up, a bit.

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.

Did they have to have such a damned good time dragging that cannon up and down the Street?

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

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