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2 days ago · The land was first purchased by Edwin Eames, one of Framingham’s earliest families, in 1846. According to Framingham: An American Town by S.W. Herring: “He cleared lawn areas for games, set up swings, built a dancing pavilion and a boathouse, and called it Harmony Grove.
4 days ago · Background: Framingham, MA. Reasons for the primary reason Framingham was selected for the study. • In 1948 Framingham, MA represented an average American town. • Framingham was conveniently located near academic institutions and hospitals.
1 day ago · July 2, 1927 The Ferguson Highway was formally dedicated in the province of Ontario, Canada. The public official presiding over this inauguration of the highway on a Saturday afternoon was William Finlayson (1876-1943), Ontario’s minister of lands and forests. The 260-mile (420-kilometer)-long gravel road, which stretched from the town of ...
5 days ago · The oldest community in southern Alberta is marking a significant event this weekend — 150 years since the North West Mounted Police trekked across the prairies to stop the American whisky trade ...
4 hours ago · Jul 3, 2024. JANE CONFER. Independence Day is what some call it, This day on the fourth of July. In 1941 it became a national holiday, And we celebrate it — you and I. We were dissatisfied with ...
4 days ago · The downtown Framingham crossing was hand-cranked until the mid-1980s. The Old Colony used to have diamond crossings of the B&A just east of CP-21and a separate OC track into North Yard making for three tracks at the crossing.
4 days ago · Although in 1735 'the meaner sort' were discouraged from settling there, the town continued to grow, attracting the middle class rather than the fashionable. The petition for a new church in 1747 gave as its reason that the town was a place of great resort, especially in the summer.
