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Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
By the time European settlers arrived in Duxbury, the region was inhabited by the Wampanoags, who called this place Mattakeesett, meaning "place of many fish." kids.kiddle.co
Duxbury includes: Ashdod, Cedar Crest, Gardnerville, Island Creek, Millbrook, Powder Point, and Tinkertown.
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- 1624 - Duxbury is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1637 - Duxbury is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates 
Crab Island. The Old Southwick House, built 1646
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John Alden House, Built 1653, Duxbury, Mass.
"The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate properties in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Both properties are significant for their... Read MORE...
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Myles Standish House, Built in 1666 - it is claimed to have been built by Alexander Standish, son of Myles Standish, but there are questions about the accuracy of this claim. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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Colonial Inn, Built 1783
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Old Department Store, 1912
Old Ford Store and Old Boarding House, built about 1826
Fire destroyed what is believed to be the first department store in America recently, when the old Ford store of Duxbury, Massachusetts burned to the ground.... Read MORE...
Postcard- 1826 - The Ford Store established in 1826 was the first department store in the United States. (Duxbury)
www.town.duxbury.ma.us/ Public_Documents/ DuxburyMA_WebDocs/ townhistory - 1845 - DUXBURY. [Pop. 2,798. Inc. 1637.]
Its Indian name was Mattacheeset. Duxbury is supposed to be derived from Dux, which means Leader, and Borough or Bury ; Miles Standish, the prompt...Read MORE... - 1854 - Duxbury
Duxbury, a post-township of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, on the Atlantic coast, 80 miles S. E. of Boston. The inhabitants are principally engaged i...Read MORE... - 1859
DUXBURY, a township in the state of Massachusetts, U.S., 30 m. SSE of Boston. Pop. 2,798.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 
1860 - Sea "Monsters"
[Yes, this is an actual newspaper article from 1860 - unbelievable!]
A fortnight since, there was a very remarkable scene in a creek close by the s...Read MORE...- Duxbury Massachusetts, 1890
Duxbury, one of the oldest and most notable towns of the State, is situated midway of the eastern shore of Plymouth County. It is 27 miles southeast o...Read MORE... 
House of Fanny Davenport
Postcard- 1895 - Duxbury
Dux'bury, a post-village of Plymouth co., Mass., in Duxbury township, on a bay of the Atlantic Ocean, and on the Old Colony Railroad, 38 miles S.S.E. ...Read MORE... 
Town Square, 1905
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Captains Hill, Standish House and Monument, 1905
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The Main Thoroughfare, 1905
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Cable Office, 1907
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Washington Street, looking North
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Town Hall and Partridge Academy
Upon his death, George Partridge bequeathed $10,000 to form a private secondary school in Duxbury. This led to the establishment of Patridge Academy which was built on Tremont Street in Duxbury in 1844. The Academy ... Read MORE...
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The Standish Store from Monument (owned by Alexander Standish)
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Powder Point Hall or Knapp School
The Powder Point School for Boys was a private college-preparatory academy operating in Duxbury, Massachusetts between 1893-1926. The school was established by Frederick Bradford Knapp on the former estate of... Read MORE...
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Duxbury, a post-village and summer-resort of Plymouth co., Mass., in Duxbury township (town), on a bay of the Atlantic Ocean and on the New York, New ...Read MORE... 
Powder Point from Bridge, Duxbury, Mass.
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Masonic Hall
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Church of the Holy Family, built in June of 1934
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Way Croft Inn
The St. George House Inn and restaurant was located at 576 Washington Street. It was owned by George W. Scott and his wife, Louise. This very successful hotel was one of the only Duxbury businesses operated in the 19th century by a... Read MORE...
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St Margaret's Junior Camp, South Duxbury
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Crab Island. The Old Southwick House, built 1646)
Crab Island. The Old Southwick House, built 1646
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - John Alden House, Built 1653, Duxbury, Mass.
"The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate properties in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Both properties are significant for their association with John Alden, one of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony who came to North America on board the Mayflower, and held numerous posts of importance in the colony. Alden and his relationship with Priscilla Mullins were memorialized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in The Courtship of Miles Standish, a narrative poem that made the story a piece of American folklore.
One of the two properties contains the archaeological remains of the house John Alden built c. 1630, and is also significant in the field of historical archaeology as the mature field work of Roland Wells Robbins (1908-1987), an early historical archaeologist. It is on land owned by the Town of Duxbury. On the second property stands a house which was traditionally dated to c. 1657 as a work by Alden, but is, by forensic analysis, judged to have been built around 1700, probably by John Alden's grandson. This property has been under the continuous ownership of the Alden family; it is now managed by a family foundation as a historic house museum..." wikipedia)
John Alden House, Built 1653, Duxbury, Mass.
"The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate properties in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Both properties are significant for their... Read MORE...
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Myles Standish House, Built in 1666 - it is claimed to have been built by Alexander Standish, son of Myles Standish, but there are questions about the accuracy of this claim. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.)
Myles Standish House, Built in 1666 - it is claimed to have been built by Alexander Standish, son of Myles Standish, but there are questions about the accuracy of this claim. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Read more about Myles STANDISH
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Colonial Inn, Built 1783)
Colonial Inn, Built 1783
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Old Department Store, 1912
Old Ford Store and Old Boarding House, built about 1826
Fire destroyed what is believed to be the first department store in America recently, when the old Ford store of Duxbury, Massachusetts burned to the ground. Clipper ships of New England brought goods from Europe and the West Indies for sale over its counters. The store was built in 1826.
The Dearborn Independent
Dearborn, Michigan
November 12, 1921)
Old Department Store, 1912
Old Ford Store and Old Boarding House, built about 1826
Fire destroyed what is believed to be the first department store in America recently, when the old Ford store of Duxbury, Massachusetts burned to the ground.... Read MORE...
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - House of Fanny Davenport)
House of Fanny Davenport
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Town Square, 1905)
Town Square, 1905
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Captains Hill, Standish House and Monument, 1905)
Captains Hill, Standish House and Monument, 1905
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - The Main Thoroughfare, 1905)
The Main Thoroughfare, 1905
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Cable Office, 1907)
Cable Office, 1907
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Washington Street, looking North)
Washington Street, looking North
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Town Hall and Partridge Academy
Upon his death, George Partridge bequeathed $10,000 to form a private secondary school in Duxbury. This led to the establishment of Patridge Academy which was built on Tremont Street in Duxbury in 1844. The Academy served as the town's only secondary school until the construction of the first Duxbury High School in 1927. Partridge Academy burned in 1933 and its location is now occupied by the Duxbury Town Offices. wikipedia)
Town Hall and Partridge Academy
Upon his death, George Partridge bequeathed $10,000 to form a private secondary school in Duxbury. This led to the establishment of Patridge Academy which was built on Tremont Street in Duxbury in 1844. The Academy ... Read MORE...
Read more about George PARTRIDGE
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - The Standish Store from Monument (owned by Alexander Standish))
The Standish Store from Monument (owned by Alexander Standish)
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Powder Point Hall or Knapp School
The Powder Point School for Boys was a private college-preparatory academy operating in Duxbury, Massachusetts between 1893-1926. The school was established by Frederick Bradford Knapp on the former estate of Ezra “King Caesar” Weston, Jr. In 1910 Knapp sold the school to John and Philip Moulton who ran the school, despite a disastrous fire in 1913, until 1926. The school was then merged with Tabor Academy in Marion, MA. After the school closed, the dormitory building was converted into the National Sailor’s Home and the headmaster’s house, also known as the King Caesar House, was sold as a private residence. Today, the King Caesar House is owned by the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society. www.loc.gov)
Powder Point Hall or Knapp School
The Powder Point School for Boys was a private college-preparatory academy operating in Duxbury, Massachusetts between 1893-1926. The school was established by Frederick Bradford Knapp on the former estate of... Read MORE...
Read more about Frederick Bradford KNAPP
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Powder Point from Bridge, Duxbury, Mass.)
Powder Point from Bridge, Duxbury, Mass.
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Masonic Hall)
Masonic Hall
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Church of the Holy Family, built in June of 1934)
Church of the Holy Family, built in June of 1934
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Way Croft Inn
The St. George House Inn and restaurant was located at 576 Washington Street. It was owned by George W. Scott and his wife, Louise. This very successful hotel was one of the only Duxbury businesses operated in the 19th century by a Black couple. Their clientele included summer visitors, but also locals, for example the third meeting of the Duxbury Yacht Club was held here. The Scotts operated the hotel for almost thirty years, c. 1890-1926. After their tenure, it became the Waycroft Inn. duxburyhistory.org)
Way Croft Inn
The St. George House Inn and restaurant was located at 576 Washington Street. It was owned by George W. Scott and his wife, Louise. This very successful hotel was one of the only Duxbury businesses operated in the 19th century by a... Read MORE...
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - St Margaret's Junior Camp, South Duxbury)
St Margaret's Junior Camp, South Duxbury
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1624 - Duxbury is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1637 - Duxbury is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1826 - The Ford Store established in 1826 was the first department store in the United States. (Duxbury)
www.town.duxbury.ma.us/ Public_Documents/ DuxburyMA_WebDocs/ townhistory
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1845 - DUXBURY. [Pop. 2,798. Inc. 1637.]
Its Indian name was Mattacheeset. Duxbury is supposed to be derived from Dux, which means Leader, and Borough or Bury ; Miles Standish, the... Read MORE...
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1854 - Duxbury
Duxbury, a post-township of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, on the Atlantic coast, 80 miles S. E. of Boston. The inhabitants are principally engaged... Read MORE...
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1859
DUXBURY, a township in the state of Massachusetts, U.S., 30 m. SSE of Boston. Pop. 2,798.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
1860 - Sea "Monsters"
[Yes, this is an actual newspaper article from 1860 - unbelievable!]
A fortnight since, there was a very remarkable scene in a creek close by the... Read MORE...
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Duxbury Massachusetts, 1890
Duxbury, one of the oldest and most notable towns of the State, is situated midway of the eastern shore of Plymouth County. It is 27 miles southeast... Read MORE...
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1895 - Duxbury
Dux'bury, a post-village of Plymouth co., Mass., in Duxbury township, on a bay of the Atlantic Ocean, and on the Old Colony Railroad, 38 miles S.S.E. ... Read MORE...
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1916
Duxbury, a post-village and summer-resort of Plymouth co., Mass., in Duxbury township (town), on a bay of the Atlantic Ocean and on the New York, New ... Read MORE...
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