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Bedford History Highlights First Shoe Factory Site
Bedford Massachusetts traces its origins to 1729 with later growth around rail lines and highways. It notes early industry including one of the state’s first shoe factories circa 1866, a yellow Bedford Yellow paint plant around 1812, a 1840 paper mill, several manufacturing concerns, and historic sites such as Wilson Park and Old Pollard Tavern where Washington is said to have visited.
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Maine
Bedford
Boston
Lexington
Fitchburg
Reformatory
Southern Division
Concord
Middlesex
E& Son
Union School
Lexington High School
Massachusetts
Jonathan Baker
John Hosmer
Childrens
Willsite Flooring Co
Bedford Safety Razor Co
Strathmore Woolen Company
St. Michael's
John F. Kelliher
Unitarian Church
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Wilson Park
Jonathan Wilson
Bedford Company
The
Minute Men
Brother Rocks
Sweetwater
Bedford Inn
Fred Lewis
Amory Maynard
Isaac
Lydia
Howe) Maynard
Marlboro
Ford Meadow
Rockbottom
Amory
Walue