From its beginnings as a rural outpost of the Plymouth Colony, the city grew to become the largest textile producing center in the United States during the 19th century, with over one hundred mills in operation by 1920.

2021年9月12日 · Fall River is a historic town in Massachusetts. Settled in the 17th century, it eventually became a booming mill town in the 19th century and is most famous for being the scene of the unsolved Borden murders in 1892. The following is …

We are dedicated to collecting and exhibiting artifacts relative to the history and multi-cultural people of Fall River. The Douglas Hills Borden & Joan Louise Borden Gallery. Recent Acquisitions in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture. A Recent Acquisition.

Fall River is known for the Lizzie Borden case, the Fall River cult murders, Portuguese culture, its numerous 19th-century textile mills and Battleship Cove, home of the world's largest collection of World War II naval vessels (including the battleship USS Massachusetts).

Fall River, city, Bristol county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies on the east shore of Mount Hope Bay, at the mouth of the Taunton River, 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Providence, Rhode Island. Its site was included in Freeman’s Purchase, a tract of land bought from Native Americans in 1659 by Plymouth colonists and settled in 1686 ...

A myriad of items dating from the 19th to the 20th century can be found in our local history collection, which documents various aspects of the city’s rich past and includes objects and architectural elements, several of which are unique in nature.

July 2, 1843 1 print : tinted lithograph ; sheet 34.1 x 53.5 cm. | Print shows a bird's-eye view of the ruins after a devasting fire swept through Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1843. Contributor: Endicott, George - Ruggles, Edward

The Fall River Public Library preserves and provides access to materials that document the history of Fall River. The Fall River Room is our dedicated space for local history materials, including city archival records, books on Fall River and New England history, works on genealogy, postcards, and special collections such as the Lizzie Borden ...

The mission of the Fall River Historical Commission (FRHC) is to identify, document, and protect Fall River’s historic resources, to increase public awareness of Fall River’s heritage and the value of historic preservation, and to do so with not only the guidance and council of the Massachusetts Historical Commission but also by interacting ...

Fall River, Massachusetts. A harbor on the Taunton River, a tributary to the greater Narragansett Bay of Rhode Island, was only part of the reason a textile­manufacturing center began in the village of Fall River. The most important factor was the fall of the Quequechan River 130 feet in the distance of 1⁄4 mile from the Watuppa Pond into ...