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4 unusual facts about Saugus


Alamo Christian Foundation

The church became the subject of controversy and was frequently criticized for its manner of evangelization, which involved the often young members of the congregation working on the streets of Hollywood inviting potential converts to evening services in Saugus, roughly an hour away, for a meeting and meal.

Interstate 95 in New Hampshire

Furthermore, US 1 Bypass is not a controlled-access highway, but an all-access divided highway (similar to US 1 between Saugus and Boston in Massachusetts).

Saugus, Santa Clarita, California

Nick Nickson, radio play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Kings

Tommy Milone, professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics


Gaspar de Portolá

Winding around to the area of later Saugus, now part of Santa Clarita, they reached the area to become Santa Barbara on August 19, and the present day San Simeon area on September 13.

Hanscom Air Force Base

A non-flying base, Hanscom Air Force Base is named after Laurence G. Hanscom (1906–1941) in honor of the pilot, aviation enthusiast, and State House reporter who was killed in a plane crash at Saugus, Massachusetts when he had been lobbying for the establishment of an airfield in Bedford.

Marion L. Starkey

Marion Lena Starkey (April 13, 1901, in Worcester, Massachusetts – December 18, 1991 in Saugus, Massachusetts) is the author of a number of history books.

Mark Falzone

On November 2, 2010 Falzone lost his bid for a sixth term to Saugus Board of Selectmen Chairman and owner of the Kowloon Restaurant Donald Wong by 382 votes.

San Gabriel Fault

The San Gabriel Fault is a right-lateral strike-slip that was last active 1,000s of years ago — Late Quaternary west of intersection with the Sierra Madre fault, and Quaternary east of that intersection, and Holocene only further west between Saugus and Castaic-Gorman.

Saugus Branch Railroad

The Saugus Branch mentioned in and is part of the title of Elliot Paul's 1947 memoir Linden on the Saugus Branch.

Saugus Town Moderator and Essex County Commissioner C. F. Nelson Pratt was the most forceful opponent of the change and hyperbolically stated during the hearing that area residents would be forced to use "dog sleds" for winter commuting.

Stephen P. Mugar

In the 1930s, Stephen Mugar married Marian Graves (born June 29, 1901, in Saugus), and they had two children: David Graves Mugar, who became a business leader and philanthropist in his own right, and Carolyn Mugar, activist, who started a reforestation project in Armenia and is executive director of Farm Aid.


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