Concord’s Heritage and Growth Through the Ages
Concord's history begins with 1635 settlers led by Rev. Peter Bulkeley and Simon Willard, the 1668 militia march to Boston, and later Civil War and world conflicts. The town's writers, leaders, and police evolve from 1880s constables to a 1949 force, with population rising from 6,000 in 1925 to about 8,500 today.
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Concord
Peter Bulkeley
England
Simon Willard
Bulkeley
Boston
Andros
America
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The
Alcotts
Townsend Scudder
Ephraim Wales Bull
Concord to mark 315th birthday in September
Concord plans a 315th birthday celebration on September 12 1950. Historians note William Wood is believed to be its first settler in 1634.
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Concord
William Wood
Notable Boston Area Shrines Attract Wide Tour Interest
The text highlights historic sites such as the Old North Bridge the Minute Man and the Colonial Inn along with notable homes including Hawthorne Alcott and Emerson. These shrines and houses offer much to the touring tourist seeking colonial and literary heritage.
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Old North Bridge
Wright Pavern
Old Old Burying Ground
Sleepy Hollow Enone
Hawthorne
Alcott
Emerson
Original Concord Middlesex County towns and splits
The text traces Middlesex history from 1643 incorporations of Concord Cambridge Watertown and other towns to later splits creating Somerville Malden Everett Stoneham Winchester Woburn Burlington and parts of Arlington and Wilmington From Concord sprang Littleton Bedford Acton Lincoln and Carlisle Early pre Revolutionary records are hard to align with modern designations and western sections of Concord Middlesex.
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Concord
Middlesex
Suffolk County
Cambridge
Watertown
Evon
Woburn
Medford
Charles Town
Somerville
Malden
Everett
Stoneham
Winchester
Burlington
Arlington
Wilmington
Littleton
Bedford
Acton
Lincoln
Carlisle
Concord Fight 100th Anniversary Police Detail Cited
At the 1875 Concord Fight centennial, a single platoon of Boston police handled the crowd as Concord had no regular force. About 100,600 people attended the gala. this year larger turnout may demand more policing with Concord’s 10 regulars plus 50 specials.
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Concord
Old North Bridge
Boston
Old Concord Fire Department Honors and Changes
The article recalls Cyrus r Was first assistant engineer near Walle and includes names like Frank W. Mark M Loftus and Walter A. Wright. Chief Harry E. Tuttle leads a department with over 40 years service, two stations, six men at Central Station, four at West Concord, and district chiefs Dennis S. Horne and Theodore Bearrell. It notes a shift from horse drawn apparatus in 1888 to modern gear, with stations at Independence No. 3 and depot areas, and references historic livery stables supplying horses for the hose wagon and apparatus.
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Concord
Conegard
Pest
William G. Ryan
John O. Haskell
Loring N Fowler
Densmore B. Hosmer
Haskell
Charles W. Sanford
Ryan
Concord Police
Wiliam Craig
Sergt
Marshall J. Witherell
Pattolmen
Fred Nolan
Robert P. Lawson
John T. Foster
Spomay V. F
Robert E. Kelley
Dominic Pagano
James E. Finan
James F. Hanley
Frank J. Gower
Cyrus R
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Central Station
West Concord
Dennis S. Horne
Con Hy
Pheodore Bearréll
Harry Patterson
Chief Tuttle
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
Independence Court
Independence No. 3
John R. MceManus
McManus Brothers
Rank and Philip
Thoreau Street
Wood ‘Wharf
Pecens Lane
William Foss
McNulty
Chad
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