Fall River revisited / Stefani Koorey, PhD, and the Fall River History Club.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koorey, Stefani, 1959- Author.

Contributor:

Fall River History Club.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Fall River--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Fall River (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Fall River (Mass.).

Fall River (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

Founded in 1803, Fall River changed its name the following year to Troy, after a resident visiting Troy, New York, enjoyed the city. In 1834, the name was officially changed back to Fall River. The city's motto, "We'll Try," originates from the determination of its residents to rebuild the city following a devastating fire in 1843. The fire resulted in 20 acres in the center of the village being destroyed, including 196 buildings, and 1,334 people were displaced from their homes. Once the capital of cotton textile manufacturing in the United States, by 1910, Fall River boasted 43 corporations, 222 mills, and 3.8 million spindles, producing two miles of cloth every minute of every working day in the year. The workforce was comprised of immigrants from Ireland, England, Scotland, Canada, the Azores, and, to a lesser extent, Poland, Italy, Greece, Russia, and Lebanon.

Contents:

The immigrant influx

Cotton textile manufacturing

The cotton centennial

Recreational pastimes and entertainments

To and fro (trolleys, trains, ships, and cars)

Sundry city sights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126).

OCLC:

885208024