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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 railroad. Population, 1260.
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. - 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 Boston and Maine Railroad, whose stations in. the town are the Fells, at the south, Wyoming, Melrose (centre) and Melrose Highlands (Stoneham...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 school, a newspaper office, a bank, several churches, and manufactures of boots, shoes, furniture, &c. The township contains also a village named Melrose ...Read MORE... - 1899 - Melrose is incorporated as a city
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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 Distance - Crowd of Three Thousand Gathers at Spot.
Boston, Mass. - By the explosion of a fifty-pound box of dynamite under a crowded trolley car in...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 1900, 12,962.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906 
Emerson Street, Melrose, Mass. about 1910
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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 large gas oven in the company's bean factory exploded. At Melrose hospital it was believed he would lose the sight of one eye.
Thiberg had come to...Read MORE...
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Emerson Street, Melrose, Mass. about 1910
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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 railroad. Population, 1260.
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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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 Boston and Maine Railroad, whose stations in. the town are the Fells, at the south, Wyoming, Melrose (centre) and Melrose Highlands (Stoneham... 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 school, a newspaper office, a bank, several churches, and manufactures of boots, shoes, furniture, &c. The township contains also a village named Melrose ... 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 Distance - Crowd of Three Thousand Gathers at Spot.
Boston, Mass. - By the explosion of a fifty-pound box of dynamite under a crowded trolley car in... 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 1900, 12,962.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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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 large gas oven in the company's bean factory exploded. At Melrose hospital it was believed he would lose the sight of one eye.
Thiberg had come to... Read MORE...
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