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The natural beauties of Bolton are frequently remarked on by visitors. Brooks, meadows, intervales, and forests are to be found here. The roads are lined with shade trees and many specimen trees of noble proportions grace fields and lawns. The varying terrain invites all kinds of wild life; birds in particular are abundant, some of rare species. Every kind of native wild flower adorns the woodlands and meadows.
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BOLTON TODAY
Within the borders of the town are two picturesque ponds known as West Pond and Little Pond. At West Pond there is a County Health Camp for children. The Algonquin Council, Boy Scouts of America, owns an extensive and modern camp at Little Pond. Adequate bathing facilities at both ponds are available to the public.
The town is covered by a network of good roads and shows an increasing number of fine residences. Agriculture also seems firmly established, and is considerably above the average in quality and progressiveness. Numerous young orchards testify as to its future growth and stability. Land values are good and quality unusually excellent. It there- fore seems entirely probable that land will be used for both residential and agricultural purposes.
From its earliest days, Bolton has been a place which many have been proud to claim as their residence. On her two-hundredth birthday she may say, with William Allen White, "I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yester- day and I love today."
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Acadian refugees, 13, 26-27 Act of Incorporation, 5-6 Adams, Ame, 171 Adams, Reverend Henry, 100 Allen, Reverend Isaac, 69, 70, 72- 74, 76, 108, 127, 129, 160, 173 American Legion, 19, 242-243 Architecture, 99-100, 142-177 Atherton, Benjamin, 120-12I Atherton, Eliakim, 35, 122, 154, 184, 212
Babcock, David, 168, 216; David Babcock House, 168
Bacon-Dakin House, 159-160
Bacon, Doctor George A., 141, 199 Bacon, Noah, 159
Baker, Captain Samuel, 14, 31, 35, 122, 152, 200, 206; Captain Samuel Baker House, 152
Ball, Thomas, 180
Baptist Church, 17, 80, 90-97, 109, 133, 165, 213; parsonage, 94, 165-166
Barnard, Joab, 171, 202
Barnard, Joel, 171, 202-203 ; J. and J. Barnard House, 171 Barnes, Edwin, 54
Barnes, Fortunatus, 181 Barrett, Miss Ella, 141
Barrett-Goding House, 153-154 Barrett, Oliver, 107, 127, 153-154, 220 Battey, Thankful, 84 Bay Path, 10, 102-103, 113-114, 151, 161, 179, 180 Beach, Mrs. Jessie, 172, 223 Beaver hats, 204 Bell, Miss Rosina, 196-197 Bellows-maker, 220
Benner, Thomas E., 135
Berlin, 15, 138-139, 153, 181, 206 Berlin Road, 83, 106, 114, 155, 174, 181,213
Billings, Reverend Charles T., 79, 80
Blacksmiths, 154, 159, 161, 211-213 Blood, Captain Samuel, 123, 204 Bolton Association for the Raising of Fish, 235-236
Bolton-Berlin Road, 83. See also Berlin Road
Bolton Cooperative Telephone Company, 229
Bolton Grange, 236-237
Bolton Improvement Society, 230
Boltonite, IO
Bolton Shoe Company, 216-217
Bonazzoli, Giacomo, 145-146
Boston, 117, 188
Bowen, Miss Lucy, 141
Boylston, 133
Boy Scouts, 24I
" Braecroft," 162-163 Bricks, 161
Brick Store, 182, 197, 213, 226-227
Brickyards, 207-208
Brigham, Legrand L., 79, 166, 205, 236 Brigham, Mrs. Legrand L., 205
Brown, Arthur H., 171
Brown, Obededom, 167
Brown, Warren C., IOI
Bruce, Jonas, 222
Burnham, Frederick M., 148
Burns, Mrs. Charles, 153-154, 161
Burying Ground, Old, 103-106
Burying grounds, 102-II2
Butler, Michael, 203
Button-making, 223
Cabinet makers, 223 Camp Fire Girls, 240-24I Cards, wool, 220 Carlisle, 136
Caswell, Alcanah, 216
Cattle Show, 234 Cemeteries, 18, 102-II2
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Centennial Temperance Union, 236 Center Schoolhouse, 93, 126, 213 Central Railroad, 231
Century Mills, 118, 169-170, 199- 200 Chaffee, Reverend Nathaniel Otis, 76 Chickering, Reverend John W., IO0-IOI
Christian Endeavor Society, 96
Churches, 62-IOI
Cider mills, 203-204
Citizens Temperance Movement, 237-238
Civic Federation, 60-61 Civil War, 49-59, 87
Clapp, Doctor J. Wilkinson, 149, 239
Clapp, Lowell T., 148, 182, 225
Clark, George B., 135-136
Clarke, Peter, 165
Clay, Charles L., 133 Clock, Town, 81
Cloth-making, 208, 218-219
Clubs, see Organizations
Collins, Abel, 54, III
Collins, Amos, III
Comb industry, 210-2II
Cook, George B., 54
Coopers, 154, 209-210
Cordwainer, see Shoemakers
Corser, George, 54-55
" The Country Manor," 67, 151, 19I County roads, 102, 116-117, 152 Cranberry bogs, 200 Crocker, Ezra, 55
Cunningham, Mrs. Naomi, 135, 175, 240 Cunningham, Simon, 176
Dakin, Herbert J., 159 Dakin, Joel, 167
Davenport, Reverend John S., 100
Davis, Blynn E., 136 Dolan, Reverend Edwin B., 95-96 Dow House, 172
Dow, William, 195
Early Settlers' Tomb, 102-103 Edes, D. O. N., 20, 60; D. O. N. Edes Post, American Legion, 242-243 Edes, Edward L., 55
Edes, Mrs. Francis, 160 Edes place, 173
Edes, Reverend Richard S., 19, 55, 59, 72-75, 132, 160
Electric lights, 20, 229
Emerson, Edward D., 17, 134, 162, 230, 238 Emerson School, 134-135, 212
Engine house, 16, 19
Evans, Amos, 223
Fairbank, Jabez, 25, 63, 65, 121, 155-156
Fairbank-Newton House, 174
Fairbank, Phineas, 174, 177
Farmers and Mechanics Club, 19, 234
Farnsworth, Franklin, 55 Federated Church, 102, 267
Felton, Arthur S., 195
Fiddler's Green, 9, 114, 115, 179, 209 Fire department, 21, 93
First Parish Church, 62-81, 143; parsonage, 163-164
Fish and Game Association, 20, 235-236 Forbes, Robert, 156, 209 Forbush, Jonathan, 203
4-H Clubs, 240 French and Indian War, 247
Friends, Society of, 80, 82-89, 106- 107, III-II2, II8; burying ground, III-II2; school, 125
Fry Burying Ground, 106
Fry Cemetery, 83 Fry, Charles E., 55
Fry, James, 226
Fry, James N., III, 170
Fry, John, 105, 107, 155, 168, 172; John Fry House, 155
Fry, Jonathan, 155, 220; Jonathan Fry House, 155
Fry, Thomas, 88, 107, 127, 155, 172 Fulling mill, 208
Fyfe family, 109-IIO
The Galaxy, 99 Gardner family, 164 Gardner-Powers House, 175 Gardner, Stephen P., 163, 174, 175
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Gazette, Lancaster, 97-99 Gilman, Reverend Nicholas P., 76 Girl Scouts, 242 Goddard, Luther, 92-93
Goding, Mrs. Harrison, 154
Goding House, 181, 209
Goss Controversy, 32-33, 66-67, 151 Goss, Reverend Thomas, 64-67, 105, 151, 181, 248
Grade schools, 132-133
Grange, 236-237
Grassie, Elizabeth, IIO
Grassie, George, IIO
Great Road, 166, 172, 174, 175, 176
Green, Fiddler's, 9, 114, 115, 179, 209
Green, Reverend Henry M., 77 Greenleaf, Doctor Daniel, 180
Grist mills, 199-203
Groton Road, 114, 115, 117
Hamilton, Mrs. Flora P., 157 Harvard, 4, 115, 133, 135, 136, 147, 179 Harvard Road, 208 Hastings, Thomas, 56 Hat making, 204-205, 226 Hayden, Thornton, 56 Hayes, Reverend John A., 79
Haynes, Amory, 177 Haynes family, 109 Haynes, Francis, 210 Haynes House, 208 Haynes, Miss Mary Elizabeth, 109 Haynes, Silas, 127, 210 Hazen, Frederick, 215 Headle, Reverend E. C., 78-79 High School, 131-132, 135 Hillside Church, 97-101, 203-204, 258, 261-262 Hog Swamp, 9, 114 Holden, Miss Esther D., 132
Holder, David, 164; David Holder House, 164 Holder, Francis T., 86, 164-165 Holder, Joseph, 170-171, 215, 216; Joseph Holder House, 170-17I Holman, Abraham, 173, 182, 227 Holman, Amory, 16, 50-51, 67, 74, 127, 150, 151, 176, 183-186, 188- 191, 217, 218, 232 Holman, Asa, 210
Holman family, 182
Holman mansion, 151. See also "The Country Manor"
Holman, Silas, 16, 47-48, 123, 137, 138, 151, 184 Holman Tavern, 182-186, 212
Holt, Edwin K., 56
Holt, Reverend Kilburn, 56, 94, 159 Homan, Walter, 88
Hopkins, John, 153
Houghton, Abel, 84
Houghton, Albert C., 56 Houghton family, 108
Houghton, Frank E., 109
Houghton, Henry, 91, 93, 109, 156
Houghton House, 156
Houghton, Jacob, II
Houghton, Jonas, 108-109, 210
Houghton, Jonathan, 163, 180
Houghton, Joseph, 156, 131, 172, 203, 209 Houghton, Josiah, 57 Houghton, Luther, 216
Houghton-Rowe House, 158
Houghton, Sanderson, 91, 156, 203
Houghton School, 131-132, 134, 135 Houghton, Thomas, 152, 154, 209; Thomas Houghton House, 154 Houghton, Timothy, 13, 26, 28 Houghton-Wheeler House, 163 Houses, old, 142-177 Hudson, 17-18, 114, 145, 195, 231 Hunting, Stephen, 57
Ibsen, John, 202 Improvement Society, 238-239 Indians, 3-4, 24, 113, 245 Industries, 199-227 Inns, 143-144, 147, 178-187
Jackson-Sprague House, 176 Jacques, Reverend George, IOI Jones, Charles H., 171 Jones, J. Wyman, 147-148, 238-239 Jones, Samuel, 181 Junior High School, 135
Kendall, Mary W., 112 Keyes, James, II Keys-Bonazzoli House, 145 Keys, James, 145
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Keys, Joseph, 157
Keys' Pond, see Little Pond Kimmens House, 127, 161-162 Kimmens, John, 209 Kimmens, Mrs. Charles, 161 King Philip's War, 3-4, 24 King, Thomas, I
Kittredge, Darwin A., 173
Lafayette, 16, 148, 183, 259-260
Lancaster, 1-6, 69, 103, 114-115,
147, 166, 188-191, 231, 246, 251 Lancaster Gazette, 97-99 Lancaster Railroad, 18, 231 Legion Auxiliary, 243
Leonard, Reverend William, 77-78
Lexington, 36 Liberty pole, 234
Library, 137-141, I49, 238-239;
Friends', 85, 88
214-215,
Lime quarry, 10, 142, 245-246 Little Pond, 9, 18, 21, 118, 235 Littleton, 136
Long Hill, 113, 117; Long Hill Road, 114-115, 203
Longley, Nathaniel, 15, 26, 35
Longley, Nathaniel, Jr., 47, 127, 137, 155, 168 Longley-von Blomberg House, 168 Long Pond, 8 Lorway, Mrs. Gertrude, 151 Love, Nathaniel N., 136 Lovewell's War, 24
" Maple Lodge," 167 Maps, 9, 15, 16, 117 Marlborough, 1, 12, 114, 115
Marlborough Electric Company, 229-230
Marlborough Road, the Old, 166, 171, 199, 206, 209 Marsh, Reverend John L., 79 Maynard, George, 151 Meetinghouses, see Churches Mentzer family, 183 Mentzer Farm, 113 Mentzer, Raymond, 142, 215 Methodist Society, 101 Militia company, 30-31 Miner, Mrs. Aurilla, 233
Minerals, 8, 10 Monthly Meetings, see Friends Moore, Abraham, 121, 211-212 Moore-Bonazzoli House, 146 Moore, Caleb, 149, 158, 162, 225 Moore, Christopher C., 18, 75, 149-150, 162, 182 Moore-Clapp Cottage, 149-150
Moore, Cornelius, 93
Moore, John, 146
Moore, Peter, 166
Morse, Doctor Irene, 135
Nashoba Health Unit, 21, 135 Nashua River, 1, 8
New England Telephone and Tele- graph Company, 228-229
News-carrier, 193-194
Newton, Miss Caroline M., 133
Newton, Miss Fidelia C., 16, 141
Newton family, 109-IIO
Newton, Mrs. George, 174
Newton, Haven, 220-222
Newton, Nathaniel, 129
Newton, Reuben, 166
Nicholas, Rolla, 57
Nourse, Amos, 130
Nourse, Caleb, 129
Nourse, Henry S., 214
Nourse House, 160-161, 208
Nourse, Richard E., 160
Nurse, Stephen, Jr., 127
Ochre, 10 Old Burying Ground, 103-106 Old Marlborough Road, see Marl- borough Road Organizations, 234-243 Ostertag, William, 177
Paine, Frank A., 167 Pan, the, 9, 107-108, 128, 166, 181, 200, 213 Pan Cemetery, 18, 107-108 Pardee, Reverend Joseph N., 78-79, 81, 228, 230 Park, Pond, 16, 238-239
Parker, Doctor Amos, 165, 172, 193-194 Parker, Miss Mary Ann, 130 Paull, Austin R., 135
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Peabody, Reverend Mr., 100 Peabody, Thomas, 194 Pearlash works, 213 Peirce, John, 206 Pepperell, 135 Phillips, Philip, 143, 179
Pitman, J. A., 133
Pollard, Captain Amory, 170
Pollard-Bacon House, 169-170. See
also Century Mills Pollard, Curtis, 220 Pollard mills, see Century Mills and Pollard-Bacon House
Polley, Elnathan, 161, 212
Pond Park, 9, 238-239
Poor Farm, 13-14 Pope, Stephen, 170
Porter, Reverend Isaac F., 76-77
Post office, 181, 192-198
Post Road, 117 Potash works, 174, 213-214
Potter, Nathaniel, 206
Powder House, 16, 19
Powers, Amos, 213, 236
Powers, Aaron, 94-95, 157, 165, 167, 172
Powers, Frank A., 175 Powers, Mrs. Grace, 220-22I Prachnick, William, 168, 216 Pratt, George W., 57
Pride, Reverend Frank A., 94
Pump-making, 223 Putnam, Reverend John J., 75
Railroads, 18, 185, 190, 195, 231-233 Randall House, 167 Randall, Rufus, 167 Reform Club, 237-238
Revolutionary War, 32-46, 66-67, 122-123, 248-249 Richardson, Josiah, 12, 147, 180
Roads, 2, 13, 102-103, 113-119, 151, 161, 174-176, 179-181, 199, 206, 209, 213, 258; road taxes,
II7 Robbins, Jonathan, 18I Robie, Miss Mary, 132 Robinson, William, 227 "Roper Meadow," 168 Rowe, Everett, 109, 158 Rowlandson, Reverend Joseph, 2
Royal, Doctor Herbert, 135 Roys, Reverend Cyrus, 76 Russell, Howland, 148 "The Rustic Bard," 111-112
Saltonstall, Richard, 148 Sawmills, 152, 199-203 Sawyer, Mrs. Achsah Barrett, 128- I29 Sawyer, Amory Pollard, Jr., 60 Sawyer, Daniel, 167
Sawyer, Elijah, 161 Sawyer family, 102, 153, 169
Sawyer, Joel, 201, 212, 222
Sawyer, Joseph, 16, 199, 21I
Sawyer, Squire Joseph, 169, 226
Sawyer-Kittredge House, 173
Sawyer, Captain Oliver, 127, 154, 161-162, 212 Sawyer, Miss Ora, 226
Sawyer-Ostertag House, 177
Sawyer, Rufus, 129-130
Sawyer, Thomas, II
Sawyer, William, 103, 12I
Sawyer's Mills, 200
School Committee, 127, 132, 133, 140 Schools, 17, 84-85, 120-136, 155; districts, 121-123; Friends', 84- 85; singing schools, 15; Sunday school, 87, 96
Sears, Miss Clara Endicott, 179-180 Shirley, 133
Shoemakers, 166, 215-217
Silk manufacture, 218-219 Silversmiths, 222
Smith, Ichabod, 209
Smith, John L., 172, 195
Social Library, 137-140 Society of Friends, see Friends
Sons of Liberty, 234 South Cemetery, 67, 102-106 Spanish War, 59 Spectacle Hill, 114
Sprague, Mrs. Mary E., 176-177
Sprague, Doctor John, 146 Sprague, Walter L.,. 176 Stagecoaches, 184-186, 194-196, 212 Stanley, John B., 57 State Police, 153 Still River, 8, 114, 210
188-191,
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Still River Baptist Church, 91-92 Stone, George H., 57-58
Stone, Reverend Thomas T., 76, 175 Stores, 149-150, 181-182, 225-227 Stow, 117, 137-138, 196 Sugar Road, 9, 143, 163, 179 Superintendent of Schools, 133-134 Swan, Doctor William, 184
Syze, Reverend Albert, 88, 155, 195-196
Tailors, 220-222 Tansey, Roscoe, 165
Tanyards, 152, 170, 176, 205-207
Taxes, 13, 117, 120, 140-141, 266-267 Taylor, George, 213
Telephone, 19, 228-229
Temple, John, 181, 216
Tomb, Early Settlers', 102-103
Topography, 7-10
Town clock, 21
Town House, 17, 58-59, 93, 101, 131, 140, 183, 203; Town House Road, 116, 118
Town line, 12 Town meetings, II-22, 35-37, 49- 50, 51, 58-59 Town officers, 12-22 Town seal, 19
Vaughan's Hill, 10, 115 von Blomberg, Baron Frary, 168
Walley, Reverend John, 67-68 Walton, Daniel G., 130 War of 1812, 46-48
Wars, 3-4, 24, 32-48, 61, 66-67, 87, I22-123, 248-249; Civil War, 49-59, 87; King Philip's War, 3-4, 24; Revolution, 32-46, 66- 67, 122-123, 248-249; War of 1812, 46-48; World War, 60-61 Wataquadock Hill, 3, 7-8, 9-10, 24, 113, 114, 124, 180, 210 Welch Pond, 7 West Cemetery, 108-110 West Pond, 9, 18, 102, 117, 152, 200, 235 Wheeler, Abraham, 84 Wheeler, Amos C., 163
Wheeler, Asa, Jr., 172-173; Asa Wheeler House, 172-173 Wheeler, Caleb, 181 Wheeler, Charles G., 58 Wheeler family, III, 144, 146 Wheelwrights, 201, 211-213
Whips, 220
Whitcomb, Colonel Asa, 70
Whitcomb, Eleazar, 151-152, 161
Whitcomb, David, 11, 179 Whitcomb, Hezekiah, 153
Whitcomb's Inn, 179
Whitcomb, John, 12, 13, 25, 26, 28, 33, 39, 105-106, 142, 182, 2II, 214, 244-249 Whitcomb, Jonathan, 181
Whitcomb, Josiah, 143
Whitcomb-Mentzer House, 142
Whitman, Thomas, 58
Whitney, David, 109, 160
Whitney Memorial Library, 109, I4I
Whitney, the Misses, 19, 14I
Wilder, Caleb, 213
Wilder-Clapp House, 148-149
Wilder, John, 148-149, 150
Wilder Mansion, 114, 117, 146-148, 180-181, 225 Wilder, S. V. S., 97-101, 146-148, 183, 201-202, 216, 218, 250-265 Wilder, William, 150 Wilder-Worthen House, 150-151
Withington-Cunningham I74
House,
Withington, George R., 174 Wolfe, Reverend Walter G. W., 79 Woman's school, 124
Women's Christian Temperance Union, 239
Woodbury, Charles, 227
Woodbury, Elijah, 58 Woodbury, Luke, 223
Woodbury, William, 183; tavern, 183
Worcester, 117 Worcester County, 15
World War, 60-61 ; Memorial, 20, 61 Worthen, Mrs. Eva M., 150
Wright, Reverend Phineas, 68- 69, 160; Phineas Wright House, I60
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