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Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Long before Gardner was known as "The Chair City" it was once referred to by the name of "Sniptown," while other instances noted it as "Niptown." The reason for the title was because Gardner was formed by "taking a nip" out of the older surrounding towns of Winchendon, Ashburnham, Wesminster and Templeton. thegardnernews.com
Gardner includes: Heywood Station
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The Windsor House. Gardner, Mass.
"The Windsor House was located on the corner of Green and Pearl Streets. This 100-room hotel was said to be the finest establishment of its kind outside of Boston when it was built in 1882-83. The building burned ... Read MORE...

Gardner, Massachusetts, USA
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April 1898
History, News and Stories of Gardner, Massachusetts, USA

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1764 - Gardner is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1785 - Gardner is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - Gardner
Gardner, Massachusetts
Worcester county. Otter river, a considerable stream, a branch of Miller's river, rises partly in this town, and affords good ... Read MORE...
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1845 - GARDNER. [Pop. 1,260. Inc. 1785.]
Gardner was made up of four corners cut from the neighboring towns of Westminster, Templeton, Winchendon and Ashburnham.
It was named in... Read MORE...
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1848 - Gardner
This town was taken from Westminster, Templeton, Winchendon, and Ashburnham, a corner from each. It was incorporated and made a distinct town in... Read MORE...
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1854 - Gardner
Gardner, a post-township in Worcester co., Mass., on the Vermont and Mass. railroad, 50 miles W. N. W. from Boston. Pop., 1533.
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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1859
GARDNER, a township in Worcester, co., in the state of Massachusetts, U.S., 58 m. NNW of Boston. Pop. 1,260.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
1862 - Anti-Slavery Meeting
GARDNER, MASS. - An Anti-Slavery Meeting will be held in Gardner and South Gardner, on Sunday, Jun 9th, to commence at half-past, 10 o'clock, A. M.... Read MORE...
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Gardner Massachusetts, 1890
Gardner is a brisk and enterprising town in the northerly part of Worcester County, 65 miles from Boston, and 25 miles from Worcester, by the... Read MORE...
1893 - Train Wreck
GARDNER, Mass., Feb. 23. - A train on the Central Massachusetts Railroad, eastbound, left the track a mile east of Jeffersonville this morning. Two... Read MORE...
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1895 - Gardner
Gardner, a post-village of Worcester co., Mass., in Gardner township, on the Fitchburg Railroad where it crosses the Vermont & Massachusetts... Read MORE...
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1916
Gardner, a banking post- village of Worcester co., Mass., in Gardner township (town), on the Fitohburg R., 15 miles W. of Fitchburg. It has... Read MORE...
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1923 - Gardner is incorporated as a city
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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