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1630 June 17, Samuel Maverick at his house, as above, en- tertained Governor Winthrop and party when they came to Boston Bay.
1631
Ferry from Boston to the North established (the oldest ferry in the Colonies). This ferry was used by our people in going to and from Boston (except by private boat or the original trail via Medford, Harvard Square, Brookline, Roxbury and the Boston "Neck" until the building of the Charlestown-Chelsea bridge and the Salem turnpike in 1803).
1633 The great small pox epidemic-destroying our local Indians.
1632-34 Pullin Point (our earliest name) with Rumney Marsh and Winnisimmet declared a part of Boston.
1637 Our land divided and allotted to 15 proprietors. The Deane Winthrop house built by Capt. William Pierce, in or about this year, became-1647-1704-the home of Deane Winthrop, youngest son of the first governor,
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Gov. Winthrop and Deane owned a strip of land from Pt. Shirley to the Highlands hills over two miles long.
1641 First County road in Colony laid out from the Ferry to Salem.
1675 Oct. 30 and the succeeding months, the "Christian In- dians" to the number of several hundred were banished to Deer Island for additional security to our people dur- ing the then King Philip's War.
1688
Charles II having taken away our Charter, Rev. In- crease Mather secretly makes a "side trip" down our creeks and shore, boards Capt. Tanner's ship to Eng- land, leading to restoration of Charter.
1699
Indian trail and cartway laid out by Selectmen of Bos- ton as a town road from the old Boston-Salem road at Revere Centre, via Beach Street to Revere Beach, via shore to Highlands Hills, via Revere St., Magee's Corner and Winthrop Centre to south side of Town at Johnson Ave. shore. The other early Indian trail and cartway was Shirley Street to Pt. Shirley.
1704
Deane Winthrop's death-buried in old cemetery at Revere Center.
1709 First Free School, Thos. Cheever, teacher. Schools at Pullin Point in two Bill houses during eighteenth cen- tury.
1710 First Church built-still standing at Revere Centre- oldest church building in Suffolk County.
1732 (about)-Our First Grist Mill-tidal power-foot of Mill Street, Revere.
1739 Pullin Point, Rumney Marsh and Winnisimmet set off from Town of Boston as Town of Chelsea.
1752 Old Cemetery (now in Revere) deeded to Town-first burials about 1675.
1753 Fishing enterprise started at Pt. Shirley-and the point named for the Royal Governor, William Shirley. Church built on the hill. Majority of population now at Pt. Shirley. Fishing enterprise not long lived. Pt. Shirley now becomes an "aristocratic summer resort" with the Hancocks, Quincys, Otis' et al summering with us.
1757 and thereabouts, many Acadian refugees were quar- tered at Pt. Shirley and we played our part in the French Wars.
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1775 May 27, Battle of Chelsea Creek-the second battle of the Revolution. July, Gen. Washington visited Chelsea ; here he placed the last outpost of the left wing of the Continental Army besieging Boston. In Nov. some 300 unfortunate patriot refugees were "dumped" by the British at Pt. Shirley on account of the siege of Boston.
1776
May 19, Battle of Shirley Gut when Capt. Mugford was killed. A fort was erected on the hill at Point Shirley and our men participated in defense and war with Eng- land.
1805
First Municipal building built in what is now the Win- throp area-a school house 20' x 25' on the old Town Hall site, close to, and south of, the cross-town road of 1699.
1812 Salt works established at Pt. Shirley by Sturgis: con- tinued for some 30 years.
1813 June 1, Battle between the Chesapeake and Shannon viewed from our hills and our men participated in the second war with England. Constitution escapes through Shirley Gut. (Legend)
1834 First bridge from Noddles Island (East Boston) built to main land-connecting from her Chelsea Street to our Eastern Avenue.
First permanent church building (Methodist Episco- pal), in the Winthrop area, built corner of Winthrop Street and Madison Avenue: frame still standing.
1838 First steam railroad built through Town of Chelsea : the Eastern Railroad.
1839 Bridge from Main St., Winthrop to Saratoga St., Orient Heights built, (was then known as bridge from Pullin Point to Breeds Island). (at first a toll bridge) .
1841 "Panhandle" set off to Saugus (three miles long) .
1845 Revere Copper Co. established at Point Shirley. For the second time the majority of population swings to the Point. Copper Company stayed until 1869.
1846 Pullin Point and Rumney Marsh erected into Town of North Chelsea.
1848 First stage line started, Winthrop to Maverick Square, East Boston by Albert Richardson.
1851 Winthrop Ave. (now in Revere) laid out and built from Beach Street, Revere, across the marshes and through
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Beachmont to near our present northerly line shorten- ing distance and improving our ingress and egress. Previously our travel being very much by boat, Belle Isle Inlet was used as a common artery of travel and was called "Crooked Lane".
1852 Town of Winthrop set off from Town of North Chelsea -March 27.
1853
Garibaldi resides with us for a time.
1856
Town Hall built on old school site at what is now Met- calf Square-cost $4,990.50.
1861-65
Winthrop sent its quota to the Civil War, including 30 of its own sons. See tablet on monument in front of library. Among these men, Winthrop pointed with pride to Major General William Francis Bartlett, pres- ented, March 28, 1864, a sword, in the Winthrop Town Hall by Governor Andrew with the statement the reci- pient was "the most conspicuous soldier Massachusetts furnished in the Civil War".
1867 City of Boston buys Winthrop Highlands and the re- mains of Deane Winthrop's farm.
1872 Horse railway built from East Boston to Pt. Shirley through the Town of Winthrop-removed in 1877.
1875 Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad (narrow gauge) built-Boston to Lynn passing near Winthrop at Orient Heights, then called Winthrop Junction.
1876-84 Ocean Spray, Winthrop Beach, Great Head, Pt. Shirley, Cottage Park and Winthrop Highlands divided into lots and the summer settlements started extensively.
1877 Narrow Gauge Railroad (3 ft.) built from Orient Heights into Winthrop and slowly extended to Pt. Shir- ley by 1884.
1882 Winthrop's first Newspaper established-The Win- throp Visitor.
1883-83 A broad gauge railroad, the Eastern Junction, Broad Sound Pier and Pt. Shirley Railroad built through the town. Ceased activities in 1885. City of Boston sells Winthrop Farm.
1884 Public water supply introduced-the Revere Water Company.
1884-85 Steamboat line ran Boston to Pt. Shirley, and in the nineties steamboats were run to Winthrop Beach and Cottage Park.
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1887-88 The Winthrop Branch of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad was built.
1888 Electricity introduced.
1889 Public sewerage system commenced.
1890 Fortification begun at Fort Banks, and at Fort Heath soon after.
1898 Frost Public Library built.
1898
Spanish-American War-we sent men.
1899
Winthrop Shore Reservation begun-the beginning of the great sea walls around our town.
1901
Gas introduced.
1907
Deane Winthrop House purchased and renovated by the Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association.
1907 Winthrop Co-operative Bank chartered.
1910
Water Works System has been taken over by Town and enlarged and extended and water tower built on Great Head.
1910 Street railway built, Winthrop Beach to Pt. Shirley- removed 1928.
1917-18 The First World War-we sent our soldiers to the num- ber of over eleven hundred.
1923 Winthrop Community Hospital established.
1924 We celebrated with Chelsea and Revere, our Tercen- tenary Anniversary of settlement.
1928 Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad electrified.
1929
New Town Hall built-cost about $200,000.
1930 Tercentenary of Boston settlement.
1930
Winthrop Community Hospital construction started. Winthrop Unemployment Committee organized.
1931
New Postoffice completed.
1933
1933
Breakwater built off Winthrop Beach-3 sections.
1936
Wines and beer sold in town for first time. Ingleside Park filled in.
1937
Narrow Gauge bankrupt
1938 Great storm, September 21, (the hurricane)
1940
Narrow Gauge ends, January 27
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1932
Federal alphabet agencies organized.
1934
1940
Bus lines start, January 28
1940 Point Shirley Gut permanently closed
1941 Pearl Harbor, December 7
1941
Civilian Defense Committee organized, December 8.
1942-44 Winthrop deep in helping to win the War
1942
State Guard organized
1943
1945
Logan International Airport enlargement begins Victory
1946
First Veterans' Housing at Battery Station
1948
More Veterans' Housing projects started
1948
Centennial Committee named
1949
Tax rate climbs to $42
1950 Korean campaign takes Winthrop boys again
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APPENDIX B-TOWN OFFICERS
BY JOSEPH F. O'HERN, JR. TOWN CLERK
TOWN CLERKS of the TOWN OF WINTHROP
1852-1864 Warren Belcher
1864-1866 Edward Floyd 1866-1884
Warren Belcher
1884-1906 Sumner Floyd
1906-1924
Preston B. Churchill
1924-1931 Bessie L. Dodge 1931-1942
Donald S. McLeod
1942-1952 Joseph F. O'Hern, Jr.
SELECTMEN of the TOWN OF WINTHROP
1852-1853
David Belcher
Hiram Plummer John W. Tewksbury
1853-1854
George S. Shaw James M. Belcher John Floyd
1854-1855
Albert Richardson George S. Shaw David Belcher
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David Belcher
1855-1856 Hiram Plummer George W. Tewksbury 1856-1857
Edward Floyd
Daniel Long James M. Belcher
1857-1858
Edward Floyd William H. Long
1858-1859
David Belcher
George W. Tewksbury H. B. Tewksbury
1859-1860
John Belcher
Richard Shackford
David Floyd
1860-1861
John Belcher
Richard Shackford
David Floyd
1861-1862
John Belcher
Richard Shackford David Floyd
1862-1863
John Belcher
Richard Shackford
D. P. Mathews
1863-1864
John Belcher
Richard Shackford D. P. Mathews
1864-1865
Albert Richardson
Sylvanus Payne
Phillips P. Floyd
1865-1866
John Belcher
Sylvanus Payne 1866-1867
Wm. H. Long
John Belcher
Sylvanus Payne
Wm. H. Long
1867-1868
John Belcher
Albert Richardson
Wm. H. Long
Albert Richardson
1868-1869 Phillips P. Floyd
Edward P. Johnson
1869-1870
Edward P. Johnson
Albert Richardson
Phillips P. Floyd
John Belcher
Richard Shackford
Samuel L. George
John Belcher
1871-1872 Phillips P. Floyd 308
H. B. Tewksbury
David Belcher
1870-1871
1872-1873 Thomas Floyd Herman Tewksbury
Lorenzo Richardson
1873-1874
John Belcher
Herman Tewksbury Lucius Floyd
John Belcher
1874-1875 Herman Tewksbury Lucius Floyd
1875-1876
Herman B. Tewksbury Lucius Floyd 1876-1877
Lucius Floyd
John Belcher E. S. Read
1877-1883
Samuel Ingalls
John Belcher Lucius Floyd
1883-1884
John Belcher
P. S. Macgowan F. L. Woodward
1884-1885
F. L. Woodward
P. S. Macgowan
Lorenzo Richardson
1885-1886
F. L. Woodward
Lorenzo Richardson 1886-1887
Thomas Floyd
Edmund S. Read
Samuel G. Irwin
Stephen S. Smith
1887-1888
Lucius Floyd
P. S. Macgowan
A. W. Richardson
1888-1889
Lucius Floyd
P. S. Macgowan 1889-1890
A. W. Richardson
Lucius Floyd
Edward B. Newton Charles Hutchinson
1890-1891
Lucius Floyd
Edward B. Newton Charles Hutchinson
1891-1892
Charles F. Hutchinson Lucius Floyd
Henry F. Shaneck
1892-1893
Orlando E. Lewis
Frank E. Peaslee Albert Richardson
Orlando E. Lewis
1893-1894 Frank E. Peaslee 309
Lucius Floyd
O. F. Belcher
Orlando E. Lewis
1894-1895 Lucius Floyd John R. Neal 1895-1896 Lucius Floyd Charles C. Hutchinson
Orlando E. Lewis
1896-1897
Orlando E. Lewis
Alfred Tewksbury 1897-1898
Charles Graib
Orlando E. Lewis Alfred Tewksbury Alphonso W. George
1898-1899
Orlando E. Lewis
Alphonso W. George 1899-1900
Charles G. Graib
Orlando E. Lewis
Henry Putnam Charles G. Graib
1900-1901
Charles G. Graib
Winthrop Magee 1901-1902
Ahrend C. J. Pope
Charles G. Graib
Winthrop Magee
Ahrend C. J. Pope
1902-1903
John R. Neal
Winthrop Magee 1903-1904 Ahrend C. J. Pope
John R. Neal
1904-1905
Winthrop Magee
Ahrend C. J. Pope
Chas. L. Ridgway
Winthrop Magee
1905-1906 Ahrend C. J. Pope Edward J. Clark
1906-1907
Winthrop Magee
E. J. Clark
D. M. Bristol
1907-1908
Deloss M. Bristol
Brendan J. Keenan
Wm. Sanby
1908-1909
Brendan J. Keenan
Wesley A. Gove
Wm. Sanby
1909-1910
Elmer E. Dawson
James S. Carr
Brendan J. Keenan
Brendan J. Keenan
1910-1911 William Sanby 310
Elmer E. Dawson
Charles H. Pattee
Winthrop Magee
1911-1912 Fred G. Curtis Brendan J. Keenan
William Sanby
Fred G. Curtis
1912-1913 Brendan J. Keenan 1913-1914 Joseph A. Barry 1914-1915
Walter B. Thayer
Winthrop Magee
James S. Carr
Winthrop Magee
James S. Carr
Joshua Remby
Joshua Remby
1915-1916 Winthrop Magee James S. Carr
Joshua Remby
1916-1917 Winthrop Magee 1917-1918
James S. Carr
Joshua Remby
Winthrop Magee
S. Stewart Carr
1918-1919
Winthrop Magee Timothy J. Mahaney 1919-1920
Timothy J. Mahaney
Winthrop Magee 1920-1921
Thomas Benson
Harry E. Wright
Winthrop Magee 1921-1922
Leslie E. Griffin
Harry E. Wright
Joshua Remby
Leslie E. Griffin
Joshua Remby
1922-1923 Harry E. Wright
Leslie E. Griffin
1923-1924
Harry E. Wright
Joshua Remby 1924-1925
Nelson Floyd
Joshua Remby
Arthur W. Gibby Artemus B. Reade
1925-1926
Joshua Remby
Arthur W. Gibby
Artemus B. Reade
1926-1927
Artemus B. Reade
Joseph E. Hodgkins
Joshua Remby
Frank E. Whitman
1927-1928 Joshua Remby
Joseph E. Hodgkins
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Edgar H. Whitney
1928-1929
Frank E. Whitman Joseph E. Hodgkins Henry J. Barry
Henry J. Barry
G. Wallace Tibbetts John P. Clancy
1930-1931
G. Wallace Tibbetts Preston B. Churchill 1931-1932
John P. Clancy
Preston B. Churchill G. Wallace Tibbetts Gordon G. Fullerton
John J. Murray
1932-1933 Preston B. Churchill Gordon G. Fullerton 1933-1934 William H. Walsh Leonard C. Atkinson
John J. Murray
1934-1935
Leonard C. Atkinson William H. Walsh 1935-1936
Roy W. Pigeon
Leonard C. Atkinson Chester O'Donnell Roy W. Pigeon
1936-1937
A. Russell Belcher
Roy W. Pigeon Chester O'Donnell
1937-1938
Roy W. Pigeon
Walter G. Baker 1938-1939
David Belcher
David Belcher
Roy W. Pigeon Walter G. Baker
1939-1940
Walter G. Baker
Ross F. Batchelder David Belcher
1940-1941
Walter G. Baker
Thomas E. Key Timothy J. Mahaney
1941-1942
Thomas E. Key
Ross F. Batchelder Arthur F. Verney
1942-1943
Arthur F. Verney
Frederic J. Muldoon
Roy W. Pigeon
1943-1944
Roy W. Pigeon
George J. Hamilton Walter Smith
Walter Smith
1944-1945 George J. Hamilton Roy W. Pigeon -
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1929-1930
Walter Smith
1945-1946 Ross F. Batchelder 1946-1947
Gervaise J. Carlz
Walter Smith
George J. Hamilton
Ross F. Batchelder
Ross F. Batchelder 1947-1948 Walter Smith 1948-1949
Horace A. Edwards
Horace E. Edwards
Robert E. Kirby
Walter Smith
1949-1950
Robert E. Kirby
Peter W. Princi Walter Smith
1950-1951
Peter W. Princi
Walter Smith
William E. Pierce
1951-1952
Peter W. Princi
Fred A. Baumeister
William E. Pierce .
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