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In 2019, the Mackie family donated a treasure trove of family photographs and correspondence. The Mackie family ran a vegetable farm off of Route 1. Their farm stand was located at 30 Newbury Street and had an accompanying gas station. They were prominent members of...
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Boston.com recently asked their readers who makes the BEST ice cream sandwich in Massachusetts. Peabody’s Holy Cow Ice Cream Cafe came out on top, with 50% of the votes. Read more here. Delicious Facts During World War I, a German officer was quoted about...
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In 1626, upon the arrival of English settlers, Peabody (then Salem) was hilly and forested with many brooks, ponds and rivers. The settlers undertook the arduous task of clearing the land of trees and stones. In the interim, they grew corn, which could grow between...
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If you travel down Felton Street today, you will pass the Peabody Historical Society’s Felton-Smith Historic Site and end at the City of Peabody’s Brooksby Farm. Image if you walked here 386 years ago – how different the land would be then....
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On May 18th, 1855, 167 years today, the town of South Danvers, now Peabody, was incorporated. It feels like we have changed our name more times than the monument has been moved in the Square. Today, let’s look back at the many names of Peabody, along with some...
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Mary Ophelia Townsend was born on March 29, 1842 in South Danvers (now Peabody), Massachusetts. Mary was the daughter of Daniel Hacker and Rebecca Ophelia (Gould) Townsend. Mary, the eldest of three children, would take on more responsibility with her mother’s...
