Auburn Town Hall - Auburn MA
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nomadwillie
N 42° 11.717 W 071° 50.124
19T E 265888 N 4675351
One neat fact about Auburn is Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket from Pakachoag Hill, on his aunt Effe Ward's farm, in Auburn on March 16, 1926.
Waymark Code: WM13BZT
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2020
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At 5.4 m. is STONEVILLE (alt. 564, Town of Auburn).
Left from Stoneville on a road skirting Dunn Pond is AUBURN, 0.8 in. (town, alt. 560, pop. 6535, sett. 1714, incorp. 1837), at first named Ward, for Artemas Ward, popular Revolutionary officer. Confusion between the words Ward and Ware caused the change in 1837 to the present name, probably suggested by Goldsmith's line, 'Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain.' Agriculture, the original occupation, was supplanted by industry that died out as the town became a residential suburb of Worcester.
American Guide Series Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, p.543
One neat fact about Auburn is Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket from Pakachoag Hill, on his aunt Effe Ward's farm, in Auburn on March 16, 1926. I have been to the site and it is right along a wall the starts at the street and ends where there is a small monument to commemorate the launch.
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 543
Year Originally Published: 1937
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