Joseph Shultz
JOSEPH SHULTZ Teacher, Carter School Headmaster Joseph Shultz was born in Chelsea and was a lifelong resident of the city residing at…
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First Baptist Church
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH On the 23rd of June 1836, nine men and sixteen women met in the house of Mr. Dwight Wheelock,…
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Captain Myles Standish As a young man Myles was commissioned to fight in the Netherlands. On his return to England he was…
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PARSON’S BEACH Originally Parson’s Beach was an area unfit for swimming. There were tons of rubbish and blocks of granite that had…
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Barefoot Gene
EUGENE ‘BAREFOOT GENE” WILLARD ‘Barefoot Gene” considered by many as eccentric, anomalous, or just a character spent his life walking throughout…
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YE OLDE SKULE HAUS The first schoolhouse in the Town of Chelsea was a one story brick building built in the…
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Louis B. Mayer Mayer was born in Ukraine and grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after his parents fled Russian…
Continue readingChelsea Man Accused of Witchcraft 1692
Chelsea Man Accused in Witch Trials of 1692 From 1692 to 1694, a mass hysteria was embedded into communities surrounding Boston on…
Continue readingThe J. S. Green Building
THE J. S. GREEN BUILDING, CHELSEA SQUARE The James S. Green building, located at Broadway and Second Street, was constructed by…
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NINTH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY Regiment lost during service 15 Officers and 194 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers…
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