All posts tagged "Watertown Mass."
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7.1K2Business and LaborFlashback Photo: Fred Marriott Sets the Steam Speed Record
Fred Marriott was the chief mechanic at the Stanley Steam Carriage Co., when the company owners asked him to race a...
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10.6K18MassachusettsBenjamin Edes, Father of the Boston Tea Party and Keeper of Its Secrets
Benjamin Edes instigated and paid for the Boston Tea Party – and, to his death, guarded the secret list of all who participated. Edes...
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11.3K13Business and LaborMaine Twins Invent the Stanley Steamer, Climb Mt. Washington
Freelan O. Stanley and his wife Flora climbed Mt. Washington in a Stanley Steamer on Aug. 31, 1899, in one of the...
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