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From the Collection of the Peabody Historical Society and Museum Mary Upton Ferrin was born on April 27, 1810 in South Danvers (now Peabody) to Jesse Upton and Eliza Wyman Wood Upton. Jesse Upton ran the Upton Tavern, from our last email, until 1825.Mary Upton married...
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Print to represent the Upton House in the 1660s.The History of Salem, Volume 3, by Sidney Perley, 1924, Page 351. The Upton House, Circa 1900 The Upton House, Circa 1915 The Upton House, 2021, Via Google Earth 735 Lowell Street in West Peabody has a long and storied...
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February is Black History Month. Carter G. Woodson, a distinguished Black author and journalist, advocated for a Black History Week in 1924. Woodson felt that the lives and accomplishments of Black Americans were not being properly recorded or celebrated. This idea...
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From 1947 to 1961, the West Peabody Speedway captivated audiences with stock car races, demolition derbies and even llama races! Just to name a few! The track was located between Lake and Pine Streets. The City of Peabody took over the land in 1963 for the...
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Horse drawn carriage, Peabody Square, Circa 1900 Snow roller image, Lowell Street area, Circa 1890 Today, many of us will be out with our shovels, snow blowers or plows.In looking at the snow roller image above, we wondered how our ancestors managed big snow storms...
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Yes, but not in the way you are thinking. From 1921 to 1936, the University of Peabody was a semi-professional football team based in Peabody. It started as an outlet for, post-high school and in some cases former collegiate, athletes to continue playing at a...
