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Rutland, Worcester, MA
The town was first settled in 1666 as Naquag. Officially incorporated in 1713, the Town of Rutland was made up of Barre, Hubbardston, Oakham, Princeton, and the northern half of Paxton. wikipedia
Rutland includes: Barrack Hill, Muschopauge, New Boston, Rutland Heights, and White Hall.
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Rutland, Massachusetts, USA

The Rufus Putnam House, Rutland, Massachusetts
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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View of Rutland Street, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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View of Rutland Centre from Muschopauge Hill, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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Rutland, Massachusetts, USA

The Old Rutland Inn
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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History, News and Stories of Rutland, Massachusetts, USA

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1686 - Rutland is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1713 - Rutland is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1764 - October 27 - A "very remarkable storm of snow with high winds" produced 22 inches at Rutland in central Massachusetts.
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1838 - Grist Mill Fire
On Friday last, the grist mill and turning shop of Capt. Daniel Dammon, Jr., in the south part of Rutland, took fire about noon, and were wholly... Read MORE...
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1845 - RUTLAND. [Pop. 1,260. Inc. 1722.]
Rutland, though a small town, has been the fruitful mother of many towns, for her bounds once included Barre, Hubbardston, Oakham, part of... Read MORE...
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1848 - Rutland
This town was purchased of the Indians, in 1686, for £23 of the currency of that time, and a deed executed to Henry Willard, Joseph Rowlandson,... Read MORE...
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1854 - Rutland
Rutland, a post-township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 50 miles W. by N. from Boston. Population, 1223.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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Rutland Massachusetts, 1890
Rutland is a fine farming town of 963 inhabitants, in the central part of Worcester County, 55 miles west of Boston on the Massachusetts Central... Read MORE...
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1895 - Rutland
Rutland, a post-village in Rutland township, Worcester co., Mass., about 12 miles N.W. of Worcester, and 50 miles W. of Boston. It has a church, and... Read MORE...
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1898 - Old Rutland, Massachusetts - The Cradle of Ohio by Edwin D. Mead
The Old South Historical Society in Boston inaugurated in 1896 the custom of annual historical pilgrimages. It had learned from Parkman and Motley... Read MORE...
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1906
Rutland, a post-village in Rutland township (town), Worcester co., Mass., 12 miles NW. of Worcester, on the Boston and Maine R. A state hospital for... Read MORE...
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