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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 MarkersNauset Beach Light Station a Shifting Landmark - Eastham, MA

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Timeline marker detailing the history of the Nauset Beach Light in Eastham, Massachusetts.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bobfrapples8

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 09/17/2024

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersKeeping the Light for 114 Years - Eastham, MA

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Marker about life as a lighthouse keeper at the Nauset Light near Eastham, Massachusetts.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bobfrapples8

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 09/17/2024

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersThe Harvard Stadium - Boston, MA

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Harvard Stadium is the home field for the Harvard Crimson football team located in Boston, Massachusetts.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bobfrapples8

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 07/17/2024

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersWisconsin Glacial Rock - Attleboro - MA

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A plaque located at an historical site in Attleboro, MA

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member LadyKarine

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 07/17/2024

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersFirst Weymouth Schoolhouse

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Bronze plaque on boulder marking the site of the first schoolhouse in Weymouth MA

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member STEMARTHON

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 07/17/2024

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersRoger Conant Millstone - East Budleigh, Devon, England

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Roger Conant was an English colonist and drysalter credited for establishing the communities of Salem, Peabody, Beverly and Danvers, Massachusetts. The millstone is from the Conant family mill.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T-Team!

location: Southern England, United Kingdom

date approved: 04/21/2023

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersPilgrim Memorial State Park - Plymouth MA

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Plymouth Rock is a symbol for the potential the Pilgrims saw in America upon their arrival here in December of 1620. Seen as solid, steadfast and everlasting, the large Dedham granite boulder is a suitable icon for the birth of a nation.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 03/08/2023

last visited: 09/06/2024

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersJedediah Foster Homesite - West Brookfield, MA

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Foster's home remained in family hands until it was given to the Quaboag Historical Society in 1902. It was shortly afterward destroyed by fire.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 01/28/2023

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersOld Indian Cemetery - West Brookfield MA

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The Old Indian Cemetery is located at the entrance to the cemetery on Cottage St. in West Brookfield MA.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 01/28/2023

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersCivilian Conservation Corps - Franklin, Massachusetts

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A Civilian Conservation Corps historical marker is at the Healthy Heart Trail parking area in Franklin State Forest in Franklin, Massachusetts. Find foundation ruins of a CCC camp a few hundred yards up from Grove Street at the west end of Camp Road.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member 401Photos

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 01/28/2023

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersMeetinghouse Bell at First Congregational Church - Rockport, Massachusetts

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Second of three bells to peal from the First Congregational Church over Rockport, Massachusetts, since 1755, this 1876 bell served the town for 135 years when it was replaced in 2017. It is on display at the northeast corner of the church property.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member 401Photos

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 01/28/2023

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersEmily Dickinson Home - Amherst, Massachusetts

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Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet from Amherst, Massachusetts. She gained worldwide fame only after her work was published posthumously.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member 401Photos

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 12/16/2022

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersEyes on the Sky: Cold War Radar Watch - North Truro, Massachusetts

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Sign on an overlook on the former air station.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member flyingmoose

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 10/30/2022

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersSurveying the Change - North Truro, Massachusetts

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Sign on an overlook on the former air station.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member flyingmoose

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 10/30/2022

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersFriends Meeting House - Adams, MA

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A monument outside the Friends Meeting House is located on a hilltop on the southwest part of Maple Street Cemetery in Adams, MA.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 10/07/2022

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersPolitical Prisoners Fort Warren - Georges Island MA

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Fort Warren-Among the notable political prisoners confined in these rooms were James Murray Mason and John Slidell, two Confederate envoys to Great Britain. Their arrest on board the British steamer Trent provoked an international incident.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 10/07/2022

last visited: 09/28/2022

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersNewell Cemetery - South Attleboro, Massachusetts

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Established in 1715, Newell Burying Ground is the oldest cemetery in Attleboro, Massachusetts. An historical marker stands along the north side of a stone wall at the cemetery's West Street entrance in South Attleboro.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member 401Photos

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 10/07/2022

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersThe Bolkcom Neighborhood Burial Yard - Attleboro, Massachusetts

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In Attleboro, Massachusetts, at Woodlawn North Purchase Cemetery on the south end of the eastern most loop road, a space has been designated to The Bolkcom Neighborhood Burial Yard / Balcom Burial Ground relocation.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member 401Photos

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 10/07/2022

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersCongregational Church Bell Tower Post - Rockport, Massachusetts

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A bell tower timber post that survived a British canon attack in 1814 is incorporated as a support for a building at 9 Bearskin Neck in Rockport, Massachusetts.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member 401Photos

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 08/12/2022

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersStraitsmouth Island - Rockport, Massachusetts

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The "Straitsmouth Island" historical marker is at the northeast end of Bearskin Neck where the rocky jetty heads east in Rockport, Massachusetts. Information about the series of its three lighthouses is featured.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member 401Photos

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 08/12/2022

last visited: never

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersIrish Labor - Lowell MA

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Irish laborers were vital in digging and maintaining the canals. The mills required a smooth and even flow of water to ensure efficiency and profit.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 08/12/2022

last visited: 06/24/2022

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersSteam Railroads In New England - Lowell MA

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Steam Railroads in New England had their beginnings in the Charter granted the Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation-June 5, 1830-First, train operated June 24, 1835.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 07/07/2022

last visited: 06/25/2022

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersWhaling Capital - New Bedford MA

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In 1857, ninety-five ships and barks left these wharves on whaling voyages. In that year the industry reached its peak, and half of the worldwide whaling was conducted from the New Bedford customs district.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Maryland

date approved: 07/07/2022

last visited: 06/26/2022

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersWorking Waterfront - New Bedford MA

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Standing here during the heyday of whaling you would have seen and heard the bustling of a whaling port preparing for sea: ship carpenters building vessels from great white oak timbers.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 07/07/2022

last visited: 06/26/2022

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Massachusetts Historical MarkersTwentieth-Century Whaling - New Bedford MA

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As New Bedford’s whaling industry declined in the 19th century, more than a dozen other nations began hunting whales using “modern” Norwegian methods, with fast, steam-powered vessels and heavy-gauge harpoon cannon.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 07/07/2022

last visited: 06/26/2022

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