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Acton History Online, Continued


More Stories from Acton
West Acton Rink news
West Acton's roller skating rink and roller polo team added excitement to village life.

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Fletcher Factory & Monument
John Fletcher, his boot and shoe business, advocacy for temperance and against slavery, and impact on Acton.
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Old Chestnut Tree
Acton's Old Chestnut Tree was apparently a favorite of Henry David Thoreau.
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Barker's Cider label
Henry Barker and his cider mill were fixtures in South Acton.


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Littlefield Hall, West Acton
The enterprising Hanson Littlefield built a hall in West Acton for his store and other ventures.
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North Acton Railroad Tracks
Aaron Woods, hermit and supposed miser, was the subject of national news interest twice in the 1870s.
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Vise made in West Acton
John Sherman Hoar and the New England Vise Company of West Acton.

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Hall Brothers Employees
Photos found in a West Acton home, probably from the Beach Family & Halls Brothers Wooden Ware Co.
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List of Students
In 1848 and 1849, popular teacher Lyman Cutler ran a private school in Acton.

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Ice Storm, Acton
Context of photographs of an Acton ice storm came from entries in an Acton diary.
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Hapgood House, Central St. Acton
Clara (Hapgood) Nash, the first woman admitted to the bar in New England, was also an Acton teacher and poet.
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Acton's powder industry appeared regularly in the news.  In 1898-99, there was a lot of excitement.
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James T. Woodbury
Rev. James T. Woodbury and contention among Abolitionists

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Letter to Abraham Skinner, Esq
A letter led to information about Sarah (Faulkner) Skinner who went blind in her later years.
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Payson Painting of Meadow
Paintings in our collection led us to discover artist Annie Payson and explore her story.

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Photo by F. J. Taylor
Researching F. J. Taylor, South Acton photographer, turned up his wife Margaret, also a photographer.
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Kimball Morocco Factory, South Acton
The morocco factory in South Acton was a large employer in the 1890s.  Its site was near the Assabet Rail Trail.
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Capt. Brown's Lane sign
Captain Joseph Brown, veteran of Bunker Hill and Saratoga, served the town of Acton for many years.
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Pelton's High School Program
F. W. Pelton ran a private high school in Acton in 1852 and put on quite a show of students' work.
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Baseball Players
A history of the early days of baseball in Acton.


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North Acton brick school
Tracing the history of school buildings in Acton is challenging.  Here, a look at the north and east side schools.
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Burned Barrel Shop, 1913
West Acton's barrel shop before and after the destructive fire of 1913.
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Skinner Residence 266 Beacon St Boston
Francis Skinner grew up in Acton but created a very different life in Boston for his descendants.
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Ad for Greenough's Ice, Acton
An introduction to ice harvesting in Acton.


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Acton Dance Card
The Society's dance card collection sheds light on entertainment in earlier days.

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Horse at Watering Trough
Incidents at the town's watering troughs and how perceptions of the troughs changed over time.
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New England Sawmill Unit, Scotland
Stories and pictures from the New England Sawmill Unit who went to Scotland in World War 1.
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Parlin House
A question about Samuel Parlin led us to discover more about him at our own archives.

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Old South Acton Post Office
An 1880s dispute over who would be postmaster involved politics and charges of fraud.
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