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Melrose, Middlesex, MA
The land that comprises Melrose was first settled in 1628 and was once part of Charlestown and then Malden. It became the Town of Melrose in 1850 and then the City of Melrose in 1900. The name "Melrose" comes from the burgh of Melrose, Scotland. It was a reference to the hills of Melrose, Scotland which the new town resembled. The name was suggested and advocated for by William Bogle, a Scotland native and longtime resident of North Malden. wikipedia
Melrose includes: East Side, Highlands, Mount Hood, and Wyoming.
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- 1629 - Melrose is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1850 - Melrose is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1854 - Melrose
Melrose, a new post-township of Middle sex co., Massachusetts, 5 miles N. from Boston, contains a village which is situated on the Boston and Maine...Read MORE... - 1890 Melrose Massachusetts
Melrose is a beautiful suburban town in the eastern part of Middlesex County, seven miles north of Boston on the main line. Western Division, of the...Read MORE... - 1895 - Melrose
Melrose, a handsome post-village of Middlesex co. Mass., in Melrose township, on the Boston & Maine Railroad, 7 miles N. of Boston. It has a high...Read MORE... - 1899 - Melrose is incorporated as a city
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates 
1904 - KILLED IN TROLLEY CRASH Half a Score Dead and Many More Injured by Explosion.
DYNAMITE CAUSES DISASTER
Car Runs Into Box of High Explosive in Boston Which Had Dropped From a Truck Onto the Track - Concussion Felt at Great...Read MORE...- 1906
Melrose, a city of Middlesex co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine R., 7 miles N. of Boston. It has manufactures of boots, shoes, and rubbers. Pop. in...Read MORE... 
Emerson Street, Melrose, Mass. about 1910
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Wyoming Station
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Masonic Temple
Postcard- 1930 - BEAN FACTORY BLAST CRITICALLY BURNS MAN
Melrose, Feb. 23. - (AP) - Armand Thiberg, an employe[sic] of Friend Brothers, bakers, was critically burned about the face and hands tonight when a...Read MORE...
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Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
Emerson Street, Melrose, Mass. about 1910
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Masonic Temple
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1629 - Melrose is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1850 - Melrose is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1854 - Melrose
Melrose, a new post-township of Middle sex co., Massachusetts, 5 miles N. from Boston, contains a village which is situated on the Boston and Maine... Read MORE...
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1890 Melrose Massachusetts
Melrose is a beautiful suburban town in the eastern part of Middlesex County, seven miles north of Boston on the main line. Western Division, of the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Melrose
Melrose, a handsome post-village of Middlesex co. Mass., in Melrose township, on the Boston & Maine Railroad, 7 miles N. of Boston. It has a high... Read MORE...
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1899 - Melrose is incorporated as a city
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1904 - KILLED IN TROLLEY CRASH Half a Score Dead and Many More Injured by Explosion.
DYNAMITE CAUSES DISASTER
Car Runs Into Box of High Explosive in Boston Which Had Dropped From a Truck Onto the Track - Concussion Felt at Great... Read MORE...
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1906
Melrose, a city of Middlesex co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine R., 7 miles N. of Boston. It has manufactures of boots, shoes, and rubbers. Pop. in... Read MORE...
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1930 - BEAN FACTORY BLAST CRITICALLY BURNS MAN
Melrose, Feb. 23. - (AP) - Armand Thiberg, an employe[sic] of Friend Brothers, bakers, was critically burned about the face and hands tonight when a... Read MORE...
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