What is the history of Taunton, Massachusetts, USA ?

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(East Taunton)

• 1638 - Taunton is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1639 - Taunton is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1774 - October 21 - First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America
  
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• 1845 - TAUNTON. [Pop. 7,645. Inc. 1639.]
  The Indian name of this ancient town was Cohannet. It included within its limits, Berkeley, Raynham, Dighton, Norton, Easton, and Mansfield, about...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1853 - ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
  Saturday afternoon, as we learn from the Gazette, at half past two o'clock, as the New Bedford and Taunton train was about one mile and a half below T...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Taunton
  Taunton, a post-town and semi-capital of Bristol county, Massachusetts, is situated at the head of navigation on Taunton river, and on the New Bedford...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1864 - Taunton is incorporated as a city
  
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•  1868 - 6,000 Employed
  About six thousand inhabitants of Taunton, Mass., are employed in its thirty factories, and there are $6,000,000 of capital invested therein.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  June 13, 1868
  
  
•  1869 - Shovel Manufactory Burned
  An extensive shovel manufactory at Taunton, Mass., was burned a few days ago, involving a loss of $100,000.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  August 21, 1869
  
  
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• Taunton Massachusetts, 1890
  TAUNTON is a prosperous and in some respects a model manufacturing city, lying in the northeasterly section of Bristol County, of which it is the semi...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Taunton
  Taunton, a manufacturing city, the capital of Bristol co., Mass., is situated at the head of navigation on Taunton River, 34 miles S. of Boston, 17 mi...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Westville Mill near Taunton, Mass.
  
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  Prospect Street Looking South. Taunton, Mass.
  
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  Post Office and Court House
  
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  Main Street, showing N.H. Skinner Co., Dry Goods, Carpets, Butterick Patterns
  
• 1906
  Tannton, a city and one of the capitals of Bristol co., Mass., is situated at the head of navigation on the Taunton River, 35 miles S. of Boston, on t...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Rail Road Station, 1906
  
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  City Hotel, 1907
  
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  City Square, 1907
  
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  Winslow Congregational Church
  
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  Court Street, from Green
  
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  Dean St., 1907
  
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  Bristol County Fair, Grand Stand, 1907
  
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  High School, 1907
  
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  City Square, 1908
  
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  Weir Bridge, 1908
  
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  Armory
  
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  Cell Dryer Works
  
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  Dam at Herring Run, 1910
  
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  Boats at Dustin's Landing
  
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  Public Library
  
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  Odd Fellows Hall
  
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  Old Ladies' Home
  
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  Boats on Sabbatia Lake
  
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  S. A. DUDLEY
  Taunton, Mass.
  Manufacturers of SHUTTLES of every description
  Dudley Patent "DANDY" Spindle a Specialty
  
  New Bedford ... directory : of the inhabitants, business firms, institutions, streets, societies (1912) Author: W.A.... Read MORE...
  
  
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  The Green, 1913
  
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  View at Sabbatia Park, 1913
  
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  Bristol County Court House
  
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  Unitarian Church
  
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  Whittendon Mills
  
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  Taunton Yacht Club
  
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  Baptist Church
  
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  City Square, showing F. W. Woolworth Co.