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Massachusetts has a long, storied history, from the heyday of the Native American tribes up until today. Historical markers abound in this state, documenting the tales that have taken place in this land.
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Massachusetts Historical MarkersFirst Mill

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A historic marker noting the location of John Wing's Mill in Worcester

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member cache_test_dummies

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 9/10/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersBirthplace of the Telephone

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Birthplace of a revolutionary telecommunications device.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Shorelander

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 9/8/2007

last visited: 7/4/2010

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersSalem State College

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Salem State College has been a teachers school dedicated to the public higher education of the youth of the commonwealth.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 9/7/2007

last visited: 5/31/2009

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersPlaque for a Building Devoted to Municipal and Judicial Uses (Including Witchcraft Trials)

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This plaque is near the spot where in a building "...were tried and condemned for witchcraft most of the nineteen persons who suferred death on the gallows."

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 9/7/2007

last visited: 11/19/2011

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersHessian Troop Encampment - West Springfield, MA

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Commemorating the place where Hessian troops encamped. Yes, the Hessians were on the other side during the Revolutionary War.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 8/20/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersGeneral Henry Knox Passed Through Here - Westfield

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Knox Trail Marker. Number 7 of 26 markers in Massachusetts to commemorate General Henry Knox's transport of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 8/12/2007

last visited: 9/4/2009

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersGeneral Henry Knox Passed Through Here - Springfield

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Knox Trail Marker. Number 9 of 26 markers in Massachusetts to commemorate General Henry Knox's transport of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 8/12/2007

last visited: 9/6/2009

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersGeneral Henry Knox Passed Through Here - West Springfield

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Knox Trail Marker. Number 8 of 26 markers in Massachusetts to commemorate General Henry Knox's transport of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 8/11/2007

last visited: 9/6/2009

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersRoberts Paper Mill

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This location, near the Stony Brook dam, was where a lot of mill activity took place, including a paper mill that was the first to manufacture tarred paper for building purposes, and asbestos paper.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 8/2/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersMemorial to Passaconnaway

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A stone memorial in Lowell at Pawtucketville.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Shorelander

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 8/1/2007

last visited: 11/12/2011

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersMonestary of Saint John the Evangelist

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The monestary of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist, the oldest Anglican monastic community for men, was built in 1936 and overlooks the Charles River along Memorial Drive.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/28/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersMelusina Fay Peirce

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On an old factory building in a dense part of Cambridge is a sign about Melusina Fay Peirce, who was an early feminist.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/28/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersHooper-Lee-Nichols House

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This house, one of the oldest in Cambridge, is the headquarters and museum of the Cambridge Historical Society.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/28/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersGeneral Henry Knox Passed Through Here - Waltham

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One in a series of stones that mark the likely route that General Henry Knox, soldiers, and tired oxen took to drag cannons from Ft. Ticonderoga to Cambridge.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/28/2007

last visited: 8/13/2009

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersHoward Clock Building

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The building, still standing, once was the factory for, first, the United States Watch Company, then the E. Howard Clock Co. Though less known compared to the Waltham Watch Co., these companies helped Waltham earn its nickname, "Watch City."

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/28/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersFirst Meeting House in Wrentham

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This stone was the doorstep of the first meeting house in Wrentham.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/24/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersFirst Wrentham School-House

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This plaque marks the location of Wrentham's first school house.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/24/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersMason and Hamlin Company

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Blue Oval sign marks the location where Mason and Hamlin once manufactured melodeons, organs, and pianos.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/21/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersCarriage Making [Cambridge]

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This area once had several carriage building operations and this building was once the factory of the Henderson Brothers, the most successful of these factories.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/21/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersArlington Center

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This sign, along the Minuteman Rail-Trail, behind the downtown section of Arlington, provides a history of this part of town.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/21/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersRussell Historic District [Arlington]

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The sign marks a neighborhood with several older homes.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/21/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersSite of the General Store of Thomas Russell (1750)

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This small plaque marks where Thomas Russell's General Store was located, which was looted by the British troops after the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/21/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersOldest House in Cambridge

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The sign at the corner of Linnaean Street and Massachusetts Avenue is for the house that is up the street that may be the oldest standing in Cambridge.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/21/2007

last visited: 4/12/2008

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersNavy Yard Granite Wall

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Plaque on the ground simply states and shows the original and current layout of the granite wall that used to surround the Charlestown Navy Yard.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/21/2007

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersMiddlesex Canal, 1793-1853 [Lowell]

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One of a series of similar markers along the Middlesex Canal.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Shorelander

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 7/18/2007

last visited: 6/14/2007

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