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Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Fitchburg was first settled in 1730 as part of Lunenburg, and was officially set apart from that township and incorporated in 1764. It is named for John Fitch, a settler. In July 1748, during the French and Indian War, Fitch and his family, living in this isolated spot, were abducted to Canada by Native Americans, but returned the next year.
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Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
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Where is Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA? Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Fitchburg was first settled in 1730 as part of Lunenburg, and was officially set apart from that township and incorporated in 1764. It is named for John Fitch, a settler. In July 1748, during the French and Indian War, Fitch and his family, living in this isolated spot, were abducted to Canada by Native Americans, but returned the next year.
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4. FITCHBURG. [Pop. 2,604. Inc. 1764.]
Fitchburg, originally a part of Lunenburg, and including a part of Ashby, was probably named...Read MORE...
Fitchburg, originally a part of Lunenburg, and including a part of Ashby, was probably named...Read MORE...
1848 - Fitchburg
This town was originally a part of the town of Lunenburg, and wholly included in the grant made to...Read MORE...
This town was originally a part of the town of Lunenburg, and wholly included in the grant made to...Read MORE...
Beautiful Fitchburg, MA Postcards From the Past
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1854 - The Destructive Gate - Its Effects at the East....In Fitchburg, the large brick engine-house, belonging to the Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad...Read MORE...
1887 - HORSE CAR ACCIDENT. A PANIC ON A STREET RAILWAY RESULTS FATALLY.Fitchburg, Mass., July 5. - (Special Telegram to the Bee) -- A terrible accident occurred yesterday ...Read MORE...
1889 - A Narrow Escape.George E. Hayward narrowly escaped being crushed by the falling of a gravel roof about 6 p.m.,...Read MORE...
Fitchburg Massachusetts, 1890
FITCHBURG is a flourishing manufacturing city, the semi-capital of Worcester County, situated in...Read MORE...
FITCHBURG is a flourishing manufacturing city, the semi-capital of Worcester County, situated in...Read MORE...
1893 - FireFire caught on W. A. Garno's boiler and engine house, probably from the furnace, about 9 p. m.,...Read MORE...
1912 - WRECK ON BOSTON & MAINE.Two Killed When Engine and Train Have a Collision.
FITCHBURG, Mass., Nov. 16. - One railroad...Read MORE...
1916
Fitchburg, a city and one of the capitals of Worcester co. Mass., on the Nashua River, 50 miles...Read MORE...
Fitchburg, a city and one of the capitals of Worcester co. Mass., on the Nashua River, 50 miles...Read MORE...
1927 - Flood...A railroad accident was averted at Fitchburg, Mass., early today when police flagged a Boston...Read MORE...
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