No. 3612 Image of the factory comes from the 1890 Bird’s-Eye View of Lower Mills Ariel M. Cain was born in 1845 in Dorchester. He served in the Civil War, 1861 to 1865, in the 42nd Regiment of the Massachusetts Infantry. In 1870, Ariel was working with his father...
Victory Road Park is a nine-acre park on Dorchester Bay just south of the peninsula known as Commercial Point where the Old Colony Yacht Club and the colorful gas tank are located. Victory Road Park was created in the late 1980s from a former illegal landfill. Judge...
Newhall Cheever, 1788-1878 No. 24335 Portrait of Cheever Newhall owned by Massachusetts Horticultural Society John and Cheever Newhall were born in Lynn, Massachusetts. Under the name, Cheever Newhall and Company, they owned and operated shoe factories in eastern...
The Dorchester Cotton and Iron Company was one of the first large cotton mills in Massachusetts.[1] Incorporated in 1811, the manufacturing plant was originally located near the upper falls, but moved to a location by Central Avenue. In 1850 the census of...
Dorchester Stage Coaches No. 19928 Stage coach ticket Boston and Dorchester No. 2514 Omnibus, Mattapan The Dorchester Beacon, March 4, 1893 I must go back fully sixty...
