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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11NV_first-school-house_Taunton-MA.html
Near this elm tree stood the first school house build 1637Tree Planted and tablet place by the Lydia Cobb Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Tercentenary of Taunton 1639-1939
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11NT_old-yellow-meeting-house_Rehoboth-MA.html
Rehoboth's second Meeting House,built in 1773,was located in the present cemetery. It replaced the Lake St Meeting House, and was used for town meetings and church services. The site included a stable, a cemetery west of the meeting house, a milit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZDP_the-first-attleborough-towne-house_Attleboro-MA.html
Was erected near here in 1828 the geographic center of the town at that timeCommittee ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? SelectmenNoah Claflin ? ? ? ? ? Elkanah BriggsAbijah M. Ide ? ? ? ? Samual Cushman? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Ellis Blackington? ? ?? Uncle J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZD4_fort-phoenix_Fairhaven-MA.html
Built for harbor defense in 1775 Destroyed by the British September 6th 1778Later rebuilt and now the property of the town of Fairhaven
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZD0_first-burial-ground_Norton-MA.html
The First Burial Ground is the presumed buying place of Norton's pioneer settler's.William Witherell, who died in September 1691, is buried in the West end of the burial ground. When the land was passed to Nathaniel Witherell by his father,the dee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU74_hornbine-school_Rehoboth-MA.html
This one room school built in the 1840's and used by the town of Rehoboth until 1937. An extension of 14 feet at the rear was made in the 1920's. During Rehoboth's 325 anniversary in 1968 the school was restored and donated to the preservation of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU73_orleans-manufacturing-co_Rehoboth-MA.html
in 1810 a group of Rehoboth Citizens established Palmer River Manufacturing Company. A cotton spinning mill on the site of the old Joshua Smith grist and saw mill the mill was enlarged about 1826 and began manufacturing fine cotton cloth, as the O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU70_anawan-rock_Dighton-MA.html
Site of capture of the Wamponoag Indian Chief Anawan by Captain Benjamin Church on August 28th 1676, thus ending King Philip's war
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2W_uss-massachusetts-propeller_Fall-River-MA.html
This 38,030 pound manganese-bronze propeller was manufactured at Philadelphia Navy Yard and was removed from Battleship Massachusetts during her 1998-1999 drydocking. It is one of four. When turning at 185 revolutions per minute, they propelled th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFBZ_legend-of-the-turnips_Westport-MA.html
The saga of the Macomber Turnip began on Main Road. Aiden and Elihu Macomber returned to Westport from the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876 with a prize in their pockets: exposition turnip seed. Planted in these fertile fields, the crop developed w…