History of Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

(East Taunton)

• 1638 - Taunton is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1639 - Taunton is incorporated
  
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• 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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• 1839 - Taunton
  Taunton, Massachusetts
  One of the chief towns of Bristol county. This very beautiful town is situated at the junction of Canoe, Rumford and Taunton rivers, and possesses an excellent water power. There is some excellent land in this town, and its proprietors display much taste in its cultivation. T...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 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 one third of the whole county.
  
  It was named by Miss Elizabeth Poole, who came from Taunton in England, and was the principal owner and founder ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1851 - Execution of Clough
  Clough, the murderer, was executed in the jail yard at Taunton yesterday forenoon. The New Bedford Standard says: At 11 o'clock, the religious services having been completed, the prisoner was taken from his cell to the place of execution. He walked with a firm step and ascended the stairs to the sca...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 Taunton, the axletree of the tender gave out, causing a succession of serious mishaps. The tender was immediately thrown down an embankment of thirty f...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 and Taunton rail road, 35 miles S. from Boston, and 30 miles E. N. E. from Providence. Lat. 41° 64' 11" N., Ion. 71° 5' 55" W. It is handsomely built...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.
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  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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  Alkalol is a nasal wash and oral rinse. Alkalol dissolves mucus, cleans and moisturizes the nasal airways, and provides relief to agitated sinus, nasal passage and throat tissue. It is an alkaline saline solution that includes a mix of menthol, camphor, eucalyptol, thymol, benzoin, and oils of wintergreen, spearmint, pine, and cinnamon, as well as potassium and sodium salts. First formulated by James P. Whitters in 1896 in a small laboratory above the A.J. Barker pharmacy in Taunton,... Read MORE...
  
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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-capital. It is 33 miles south of Boston by the Old Colony Railroad, which traverses all parts of its territory, and by numerous branches, converging ...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 miles E.N.E. of Providence, and 15 miles N. by E. of Fall River. Lat. 41° 54'11" N.; Lon. 71° 5' 55" W. It is on the Old Colony division of the New York...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
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• 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 the New York, New Haven and Hartford R. It is handsomely built, with several pleas- sure-grounds (Taunton Green, Woodward Springs Park), and contains a...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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  Glenwood Ranges, Stoves and Furnaces
  Weir Stove Co., Taunton, Mass.
  
  In the early years of the twentieth century, Glenwood stoves were a familiar sight in thousands of American homes. Manufactured by the Weir Stove Company in Taunton, Massachusetts, they were emblematic of the rapid industrialization that swept the northern and mid-western states following the Civil War. Founded in 1879 by Charles F Baker, George E Wilbur and William E Walker, the company began operations in a converted barn ... Read MORE...
  
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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. Greenough & Co Volume: 1912 Publisher: Boston : W.A. Greenough & Co.
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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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  Whittenton Mills
  
  The Whittenton Mills Complex is a historic textile mill site located on Whittenton Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, on the banks of the Mill River. The site has been used for industrial purposes since 1670, when James Leonard built an iron forge on the west bank of the river. The first textile mill was built in 1805 and expanded throughout the 19th century. The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and now contains various small... Read MORE...
  
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  Taunton Yacht Club
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  Baptist Church
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  City Square, showing F. W. Woolworth Co.
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