This Month's Historic Minute

To celebrate West Newbury’s Bicentennial, the Historical Commission is highlighting the Town’s history, often with one historical marker each month. This month’s marker, which is located at 127 Main Street, notes the site where Enoch Noyes started the combmaking industry in America.

The story behind this marker involves an eccentric genius who invented not only combmaking in America, but also the exercise regimen of jogging around the countryside here in West Newbury.

Click here to read all about it!