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Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
In the early 1630s, a Praying Indian village named Shawshin was at the current site of Billerica.
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Billerica includes: Bennett Hall, Main Street station, Nutting's Pond, Pattenville, Pinehurst, and Turnpike.
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- 1637 - Billerica is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1655 - Billerica is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1740 - In 1740, King's Corner Tavern, also known as Allen's Tavern was built in East Billerica. It originally served as a stage coach stop for weary travelers and was later used to serve passengers on the Middlesex Canal.
voices.yahoo.com/ a-brief-history-billerica -yankee-doodle-town-1715539.html - Billerica is also the site of the oldest canal in the United States, the Middlesex Canal, which was active in Billerica from 1795-1952. The canal was used to transport goods to and from Lowell, which earned it the moniker of the "Gateway to Lowell"
voices.yahoo.com/ a-brief-history-billerica- yankee-doodle-town-1715539.html - 1845 - BILLERICA. [Pop. 1,632. Settled 1653.]
The Indian name of this town was Shawshine or Shawsheen, the same as that of a branch of the Merrimack, that runs through it.
Billerica is p...Read MORE... 
1846 - Disastrous Fire in Billerica, Mass.
Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Friday morning, one of the buildings attached to the Billerica mills, which are about four miles east of Lowell, was disco...Read MORE...- 1848 - Billerica
The ancient Indian name of Billerica was Shawshine, a name which it received from its vicinity to the river of this name. The present name is derived ...Read MORE... - 1854 - Billerica
Billerica, a beautiful post- village of Middlesex co., Mass., 18 miles N. by W. from Boston. It contains 4 churches, a new town house, and the Howe Sc...Read MORE... 
Talbot Mills
Thomas Talbot was an American textile mill owner and politician from Massachusetts, United States. Talbot ran a major textile business, involving chemical dyeworks and the weaving of fabric, in Billerica that was a major local... Read MORE...
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Bennett Library, Billerica, Mass.
Built specifically as a library in 1880, it was a gift of Eleanor Bennett and her daughters. When Town Meeting refused the gift, Mrs.Bennett and other citizens formed a private corporation and elected officers... Read MORE...
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The Mitchell Military Boys School
The Mitchell Military Boys School was opened in Billerica in 1879 by Professor Moses C. Mitchell, an 1862 graduate of Waterville College, now Colby, in Waterville, Maine. Professor Mitchell had taught at a number ... Read MORE...
Postcard- Billerica Massachusetts, 1890
Billerica is an ancient and pleasant town in the northeasterly part of Middlesex County. Its boundaries are Chelmsford on the northwest, Tewksbury on ...Read MORE... - 1895 - Billerica
Billerica, biller-ik-a, a handsome post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., in Billerica township, on the Concord River, and on the Bedford & Billerica R...Read MORE... 
The Common, Billerica, Mass.
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Riverhurst, 1905
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Town Hall
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The Square, 1910
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Riverhurst Boat House on Concord River (1910)
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Billerica, a post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., in Billerica township (town), on the Concord River, 19 miles NW. of Boston. The town contains the v...Read MORE...
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Talbot Mills
Thomas Talbot was an American textile mill owner and politician from Massachusetts, United States. Talbot ran a major textile business, involving chemical dyeworks and the weaving of fabric, in Billerica that was a major local employer...
Born to Irish immigrants, Talbot was minimally educated, working in textile mills from an early age. He entered into a partnership with his brother, founding the Talbot Mills of Billerica in 1857... wikipedia)
Talbot Mills
Thomas Talbot was an American textile mill owner and politician from Massachusetts, United States. Talbot ran a major textile business, involving chemical dyeworks and the weaving of fabric, in Billerica that was a major local... Read MORE...
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Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Bennett Library, Billerica, Mass.
Built specifically as a library in 1880, it was a gift of Eleanor Bennett and her daughters. When Town Meeting refused the gift, Mrs.Bennett and other citizens formed a private corporation and elected officers “to secure to the citizens of Billerica…..the establishment of a public library.”Mrs.Bennett’s vision served the Town well for 100 years. billericalibrary.org)
Bennett Library, Billerica, Mass.
Built specifically as a library in 1880, it was a gift of Eleanor Bennett and her daughters. When Town Meeting refused the gift, Mrs.Bennett and other citizens formed a private corporation and elected officers... Read MORE...
Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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 - The Mitchell Military Boys School
The Mitchell Military Boys School was opened in Billerica in 1879 by Professor Moses C. Mitchell, an 1862 graduate of Waterville College, now Colby, in Waterville, Maine. Professor Mitchell had taught at a number of academies in Maine before becoming proprietor of a private boy’s school in Edgartown, MA. After eleven years on Martha’s Vineyard, he moved his school to its impressive location on the corner of Andover Road and Boston Road in Billerica. Initial enrollment was limited to twenty-four residential students but that number soon grew. Tuition was $400 per year at this time and thirty years later, in 1909, it was $600 plus approximately $75 in mandatory expenses. By 1929 the cost of the school had climbed to about $1300.
A fire on January 11, 1888 demolished this grand building...
Professor M.C. Mitchell had previously bought a large tract of land on “the Bedford road” (Concord Road) just outside the town’s center. It was on this acreage that he rebuilt his school. This new location boasted handsome buildings and over 60 beautiful acres of gardens, riding trails and athletic fields. It is believed to have been a first in New England; a private property expressly planned and erected as a home school for boys. Other such schools utilized pre-existing buildings that were remodeled to act as schools. Due to a lot of drive and hard work, on October 8, 1888 the new term began at this glorious, new, fully modern, Mitchell Boys School...
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The Mitchell Military Boys School
The Mitchell Military Boys School was opened in Billerica in 1879 by Professor Moses C. Mitchell, an 1862 graduate of Waterville College, now Colby, in Waterville, Maine. Professor Mitchell had taught at a number ... Read MORE...
Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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 - The Common, Billerica, Mass.)
The Common, Billerica, Mass.
Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Riverhurst, 1905)
Riverhurst, 1905
Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Town Hall)
Town Hall
Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Riverhurst Boat House on Concord River (1910))
Riverhurst Boat House on Concord River (1910)
Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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 - The Square, 1910)
The Square, 1910
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1637 - Billerica is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1655 - Billerica is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1740 - In 1740, King's Corner Tavern, also known as Allen's Tavern was built in East Billerica. It originally served as a stage coach stop for weary travelers and was later used to serve passengers on the Middlesex Canal.
voices.yahoo.com/ a-brief-history-billerica -yankee-doodle-town-1715539.html
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Billerica is also the site of the oldest canal in the United States, the Middlesex Canal, which was active in Billerica from 1795-1952. The canal was used to transport goods to and from Lowell, which earned it the moniker of the "Gateway to Lowell"
voices.yahoo.com/ a-brief-history-billerica- yankee-doodle-town-1715539.html
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1845 - BILLERICA. [Pop. 1,632. Settled 1653.]
The Indian name of this town was Shawshine or Shawsheen, the same as that of a branch of the Merrimack, that runs through it.
Billerica is... Read MORE...
1846 - Disastrous Fire in Billerica, Mass.
Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Friday morning, one of the buildings attached to the Billerica mills, which are about four miles east of Lowell, was... Read MORE...
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1848 - Billerica
The ancient Indian name of Billerica was Shawshine, a name which it received from its vicinity to the river of this name. The present name is derived ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Billerica
Billerica, a beautiful post- village of Middlesex co., Mass., 18 miles N. by W. from Boston. It contains 4 churches, a new town house, and the Howe... Read MORE...
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Billerica Massachusetts, 1890
Billerica is an ancient and pleasant town in the northeasterly part of Middlesex County. Its boundaries are Chelmsford on the northwest, Tewksbury on ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Billerica
Billerica, biller-ik-a, a handsome post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., in Billerica township, on the Concord River, and on the Bedford & Billerica... Read MORE...
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1916
Billerica, a post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., in Billerica township (town), on the Concord River, 19 miles NW. of Boston. The town contains the... Read MORE...
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