Welcome to the Official Bustins Island Historical Society Website!

Exhibits
2017 - Cole Porter Piano
2016- Closed for Renovations
2015 - George Blanchard Richardson
2014 - BIHS Walking Tour
2013 - BIVC Centennial
2012 - The Island Store
2011- Working on Bustins
History of Store Ownership - From Sue Spaulding's search at the Registry of Deeds
Beginning - Merrills (several of them) owned it at first
1903 - Merrills conveyed it to Arthur Mitchell
1903 - Arthur Mitchell conveyed it to Una Wilson
1916 - Una Wilson conveyed it to Herbert Cole
1928 - Herbert Cole conveyed it to Eugene Smoker and Harold Sawyer
1952 - Harold Sawyer conveyed his part to Eugene Smoker
1960 - Eugene Smoker conveyed it to Clyde and Dorothy Campbell
1966 - Campbells conveyed it to Garfield Drew
1968 - Garfield Drew conveyed it to the BIVC