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unusual facts about Norfolk, Massachusetts



1996 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

Future NBA players Marcus Camby (Massachusetts), Marc Jackson (Temple), and Tyson Wheeler (Rhode Island) were among those also named to the All-Championship Team.

Adams family political line

George Washington Adams (1801-1828), Massachusetts State Representative 1826.

Addington Palace

Mr Trecothick had been raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and became a merchant there; he then moved to London still trading as a merchant, and later became Lord Mayor and then an MP.

Afrocentrism

Mary Lefkowitz, Professor Emerita of Classical Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, has rejected George James's theories about Egyptian contributions to Greek civilization as being faulty scholarship.

Arthur Raymond Brooks

He graduated as valedictorian from Framingham Academy and High School in Massachusetts in 1913 and from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1917.

Bear Swamp Hydroelectric Power Station

Bear Swamp Generating Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric underground power station that straddles the Deerfield River in Rowe and Florida, Massachusetts.

Carole Walker

She attended North Walsham Girls' High School in Norfolk, attached to the all-male Paston College, attended by Admiral Horatio Nelson, Stephen Fry and Craig Murray.

Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad

The city of Ames was chartered in 1864 for the railroad and was named by CR&M President John Blair for Massachusetts Congressman Oakes Ames.

Christiana Morgan

The nude portrait statue of Morgan commissioned by Murray from Gaston Lachaise is now owned by the Governor’s Academy, Byfield, Massachusetts.

Committee of Five

On June 11, the members of the Committee of Five were appointed; they were: John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Robert Livingston of New York, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.

Cotton Tufts

Cotton Tufts (born in Medford, Massachusetts, 30 May 1734; died in Weymouth, Massachusetts, 8 December 1815) was a Massachusetts physician.

East Mountain

East Mountain, part of the southern Green Mountains located in Clarksburg, Massachusetts and traversed by the Appalachian Trail

Edward Little

Edward P. Little (1791–1875), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

Ephraim Hammond House

Cedar Hill, the estate which it is a part of, has been in the hands of the Massachusetts council of the Girl Scouts of the USA since the early 20th century.

Eurasian Spoonbill

It was extirpated from the United Kingdom but sporadic breeding attempts in the early 21st century culminated with the formation of a colony at Holkham in Norfolk in 2010.

Fishbone, Wishbone, Funnybone

Fishbone, Wishbone, Funnybone is an album by Massachusetts folk musician Zoë Lewis, released in 2001.

Frederick Lucian Hosmer

Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840-1929) was an American Unitarian minister who served congregations in Massachusetts, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, and California and who wrote many significant hymns.

George Bachrach

In 1998, he again sought the Democratic nomination for the 8th District seat in the United States House of Representatives but finished third in the primary, losing to Mike Capuano, who later won the seat.

Greens/Green Party USA

The Clearinghouse has operated from various locations, including (originally) Kansas City, Missouri; Blodgett Mills, New York; Lawrence, Massachusetts; and Chicago, Illinois.

Hancock

John Hancock Tower, a building in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by the insurance firm

Harold M. Westergaard

Harold Malcolm Westergaard (9 October 1888 Copenhagen, Denmark – 22 June 1950 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA).

Haverhill Gazette

The Haverhill Gazette (est.1821) is a weekly newspaper in Massachusetts, owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. of Montgomery, Alabama.

Herbert Cozens-Hardy, 1st Baron Cozens-Hardy

He was born in Letheringsett, Norfolk in 1838, the second son of William Hardy Cozens-Hardy and was educated at Amersham School.

Hoosac Range

Notable peaks include Haystack Mountain and Mount Snow in Vermont and Spruce Mountain in Massachusetts, as well as the Berkshires high point, Crum Hill, in the town of Monroe, Massachusetts.

Huntington family

Huntington Avenue, after Ralph Huntington (1784–1866), in Boston, Massachusetts

Ian Whybrow

Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs was shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award and won both the Sheffield Children’s Book Award and the Norfolk Libraries Children’s Book Award.

Intervale

Intervale Factory, a historic factory building in Haverhill, Massachusetts

James Hodges

James L. Hodges, (1790–1846), delegate from Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives

John Denison

John A. Denison, American Politician of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1875-1948

John H. Stracey

There is a Public House in the Village of Briston, Norfolk called the John H Stracey in tribute to the boxer.

Levy Chapel

Commodore Levy Chapel, the U.S. Navy's oldest land-based Jewish Chapel, at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

Lothingland Rural District

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and split between the new districts of borough of Great Yarmouth (in Norfolk) and the district of Waveney, in Suffolk.

Mechanics Arts High School

John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science in Boston, Massachusetts, originally named "Mechanic Arts High School"

Minear

Richard Minear, Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Myah Moore

She did not place in the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Susie Castillo of Massachusetts.

Nonproliferation Policy Education Center

Richard K. Lester – Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Industrial Performance Center (IPC) and professor of nuclear science and engineering

Otis family

Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts; Third Mayor of Boston; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; Massachusetts District Attorney; Son of Samuel Allyne Otis.

Paper cup

Dixie Cup is the brand name for a line of disposable paper cups that were first developed in the United States in 1907 by Lawrence Luellen, a lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts, who was concerned about germs being spread by people sharing glasses or dippers at public supplies of drinking water.

Sanborn House

Rev. Peter Sanborn House, Reading, MA, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts

Sara Moulton

She began working in restaurants immediately, first in Boston, Massachusetts, and then in New York City, taking off time only for a postgraduate apprenticeship with Master Chef Maurice Cazalis of the Henri IV Restaurant in Chartres, France, in 1979.

Sylvanus Thayer

During the War of 1812, Thayer directed the fortification and defense of Norfolk, Virginia, and was promoted to major.

Telco

Telco Systems, a telecommunications systems manufacturer based in Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA

The State of Massachusetts

"The State of Massachusetts" is a song about the effects of drugs on individuals and their families by the Dropkick Murphys and was released as the first single from the album The Meanest of Times.

Thomas McGee

Thomas W. McGee (1924–2012), speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Tony Messner

He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2004 for "service to the Australian Parliament, to Norfolk Island as Administrator, and to the community, particularly veterans and their families".

United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 1790

Elections for the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd Congress were held in Massachusetts on October 4, 1790, with subsequent elections held in four districts due to a majority not being achieved on the first ballot.

Webster County, Georgia

The County is named for Daniel Webster, U.S. representative of New Hampshire and U.S. representative and U.S. senator of Massachusetts.

Witton

Postwick with Witton, in the county of Norfolk and 5 miles (8 km) east of Norwich, in Broadland district

WRLM

WSNE-FM, a radio station (93.3 FM) licensed to Taunton, Massachusetts, United States, which used the call signs WRLM and WRLM-FM from 1966 until 1980

WTXX

WTXX-LP, a low-power television station (channel 34) licensed to Springfield, Massachusetts, United States


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