Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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Where is Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA? Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Early settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony established a series of six villages in 1630. The village of Roxbury (originally called “Rocksberry” for the rocks in its soil that made early farming a challenge,) has long been noted for its hilly geography and many large outcroppings of Roxbury puddingstone, which was quarried for many years and used in the foundations of a large number of houses in the area.wikipedia
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Dudley Street Terminal Station, Roxbury, Mass.
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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Roxbury Crossing (1909)
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
The Old Monroe House. The Oldest House in Roxbury, Mass. Built 1683.
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1. ROXBURY. [Pop. 9,089 Inc. 1630.]
Roxbury, the largest town in Norfolk County, is the only town naturally united to Boston by...Read MORE...
Roxbury, the largest town in Norfolk County, is the only town naturally united to Boston by...Read MORE...
1854 - October 1 - The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing.
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1867 - Annexed to Boston
Roxbury was incorporated as a town September 28, 1630; as a city March 12, 1846; and was annexed to ...Read MORE...
Roxbury was incorporated as a town September 28, 1630; as a city March 12, 1846; and was annexed to ...Read MORE...
1868 - In the city of Boston there are 507 streets, and 489 courts and places. The newly acquired Roxbury adds 107 streets, and 101 courts and places.St Joseph Herald
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February 1, 1868
1869 - An Israelite in Roxbury, Mass., was recently fined for keeping open his store on Sunday.St Joseph Herald
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1906
Roxbury, or Boston Highlands, a former city of Suffolk co., Mass., on Massachusetts Bay, 3 miles...Read MORE...
Roxbury, or Boston Highlands, a former city of Suffolk co., Mass., on Massachusetts Bay, 3 miles...Read MORE...
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