Metro Worcester, Central Massachusetts Street Atlas
Metro Worcester, Central Massachusetts Street Atlas

Author: Arrow Map, Inc

Publisher: Arrow Map

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781557512338

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Large scale atlas with street level detail includes city & town statistics, community profiles, individual community maps, index on corresponding map pages, zip codes, a Central Massachusetts Highway Map, places of interest and street map coverage of 85 communities in Worcester County and parts of Franklin, Hampshire, Hamden and Middlesex Counties. Areas included in this atlas are Ashby, Athol, Blackstone, Bolton, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, Dunstable, Fitchburg, Gardener, Grafton, Groton, Hardwick, Harvard, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Leominster, Mendon, Millbury, Milville, Monson, Oakham, Oxford, Palmer, Paxton, Royalston, Shrewsbury, Spencer, Sterling, Sutton, Templeton, Warren, Warwick and Webster.

Armenians of Worcester
Armenians of Worcester

Author: Pamela Apkarian-Russell

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0738504653

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, millions of immigrants came to the United States in search of a better life and greater opportunities for their families. However, the Armenians who came to Worcester between 1894 and 1930 were escaping a devastating genocide that tore their country apart. What they found and how they became an integral part of Worcester culture and history is the story found in Armenians of Worcester. Worcester was a mecca for many Armenians, who had escaped with little more than their lives. There were mills that provided work, and there was a growing number of Armenians who were struggling to make sense of what had happened in their homeland. The first Armenian Apostolic church and the first Armenian Protestant church in America were both in this city, and both helped to build new foundations for a community that was to enrich the city and slowly resurrect the art, theater, music, and food that celebrates the Armenian culture. The Armenian picnics that were an integrating influence in the early years continue even today as a gathering of clans and all who join in on these days of celebration.

Swedes of Greater Worcester
Swedes of Greater Worcester

Author: Eric J. Salomonsson

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780738510897

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By the late nineteenth century, Swedish immigrants began arriving by the thousands in New England, attracted by the area's heavy industry. In particular, the steel and ceramic shops of Worcester provided a livelihood for many of them. As a result, new areas of Swedish settlements developed throughout the surrounding towns. Swedes of Greater Worcester captures the area's Swedish heritage through a collection of images that displays everything from vintage weddings to ski-jumping events and stories known only by the families of the Swedes who first traveled to Worcester. These images represent a time when the Swedish element was a vital and vibrant part of the identity of the greater Worcester area.