The History
A comprehensive history of Onset will be described in detail beginning in 1877. The early years are best described chronologically as to the building and improvements to the Onset Bay Grove Association.
The People
The people who were influencers and leaders of the times.
- H.S. Williams
- Thomas Bartlett Griffith
- George Kashimura
Rail Travel
The primary way to travel to Onset was using the railways. The story in local railway has been a fairly well-written history and it will be presented here.
Boating And Fishing
Buzzards Bay provided a thriving Sailing and Boating experience as well as the way many people came to be in Onset.
Topography
The topography of Onset was in a perpetual state of change, particularly in the early years of the association improvements and property buying.
Habitat
The change of habitat in Onset is described according to literary subject matter, newspaper articles of the time, and personal accounts of the land and marine environment and the changes thereof.