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Before the widespread availability of refrigeration one of the only way to keep things cool was with ice. Fresh water supplies, such as the Assabet River flowing through town, was a source of ice during the winter and a major industry grew up around…

A sepia photo of the new coal silos at the Assabet Coal Company. The picture was taken shortly after their installation in 1926. The photo has the following individual names identified: Jack----; Milton Whitney; Frank Foster Whitney; Arthur Malcolm;…

Bob Gilligan was elected to a three-year term, defeating Alfred Whitney, incumbent.

This house, the property of the Maynard Country Club, was all that remained of the once large Calvin Whitney farm. It was from this farm that Daniel Conant, a minuteman, left for the Old North Bridge at Concord on the morning of April 19, 1775. The…