Our Town Event Timeline

By Anika S

  • Earliest Tombstones in the Cemetery

  • Emily's 12th birthday

    George gave her a post card album.

  • Nature's been pushing and contriving

    Some babies that weren't even born before have begun talking
    regular sentences already; and a number of people who thought they were right young and spry have noticed that they can't bound up a flight of stairs like they used to, without their heart fluttering a little. A number of young people fell in love and got married.

  • A day in the town

    Just before dawn

  • Emily and George fall in love

  • Just after High School Commencement

    Just after High School Commencement. Most young people get married after then

  • First automobile in Grover's Corners

  • Emily has her First Child

    Emily has her first son.

  • Gib's wife died.

  • Gradual changes in Grover's Corners

    Horses are getting rarer. Farmers coming into town in Fords. Everybody locks their house doors now at night

  • Emily Dies

    Emily dies in childbirth

  • Doc gibs died

    Doc Gibs died in 1930