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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Sunday, May 30, 2021

37,000 Flags for Memorial Day in Boston

In 2015  I heard about the flag display of these flays and knew I had to make a trip to the Boston Common to see all 37,000 flags. A moving sight, and I hope you get an idea from the pictures below. 

Memorial Day isn't just another holiday.

This garden of 37,000 flags was planted in memory of every fallen Massachusetts service member from the Revolutionary War to the present. These flags will be on display through Memorial Day weekend for your observance and reflection. Please remember and honor the ultimate sacrifices of our local heroes.

For more information about the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund, please visit www.massmilitaryheroes.org

Each flag represents a fallen service member; please respect the display.









Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Before the Tourist Sites Open, See Two Historic Sites in Concord During Covid-19

Before the Tourist Sites Open, See Two Historic Sites in Concord During Covid-19 is my title and before this is old news, I'm sharing now. Concord, Massachusetts had some beautiful spring days and I took advantage of seeing the sites, both of which I've seen many times. They were the Minute Man National Historical Park and the Louisa May Alcott Orchard House  There is very little writing, this post is for showing what these sites offered or not for visitors. Normally, the two places are packed with tourists, either by car, bike, or by bus. On April 24, 2021, I drove to the North Bridge Visitor Center (one of two) for information about Minuteman Park. On May 8, 2021, I stopped by the Louisa May Alcott house.

The parking lot was partially full, and you see the sign that greeted me. The beautiful Barrett House was closed to tourists. There was one guide there to answer questions. He told me they might open late in the summer and that I'd be happy because it had been renovated and looked beautiful. It seems as tho their problem was with staffing.

Side view of the Barrett House.

I walked the trail from the Barrett House to the lower parking and saw a few familiar sites.

From the upper-level parking lot on Liberty Street, you walk downhill on a path.




Photos from the lower level walkway from the Monument Street parking lot.




On another day I went to the Louisa May Alcott Orchard House which wasn't open. Although the sign from my last May visit said they would open June 30, 2020. I was the only one there until a father and adult daughter from Michigan showed up and were very unhappy that it was closed. The parking lot is very small and usually is packed with cars even though there is a larger lot nearby. I have been inside for tours several times, but they have never allowed photographs to be taken. The house is open year-round.

This photo was taken exactly a year later on May 8, 2021. I chatted with an employee who told me he thought it would open in August. In the past year, shrubs and bushes were added, and the walkway changed.

This is a collage of all the photos I took in 2020.

Other photos from previous years.




Additional parking is in the lot between the Alcott House and The Wayside Home, across the street.



Monday, May 24, 2021

Maybe This Report Will Help Me Solve My Brick Wall


My ancestor was either born in Canada, New York, or maybe Connecticut, I want to find out where.

If you use Roots Magic7, software for your genealogy database, maybe you discovered the search option called Find Everywhere. I recently came across it when I decided to see who I had living in the town of Derry, New Hampshire before I went to the library. I find it's always more interesting to me if I do have a connection when I write a library report (To date I've done 75 different library blog posts). Remember, the results of this report are based on what you have in your RootsMagic7 database.

When I did the simple report I discovered it listed names of People, Sources, and Places. There are other options you can add, but I just did the basics. The results told me that I have "SECCOMB, SIMMONS / Symmons. Lived detail: Boston, Mass. > abt. 1736 to Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire." I knew immediately this person was an ancestor because my All Cap is an indicator to me that this is my direct line. Unfortunately, it doesn't really say he was living in Derry (the area is now Manchester).  In the future, I will always print the appropriate report for every library or repository I visit, regardless if I have an ancestor there. How to do the report is simple, see below for instructions. The Derry library printout was four pages, the Niagara report was six pages. Then I discovered this is a useful tool, possibly to help solve a brick wall mystery for my third great-grandfather, Alexander Farmer.

Instructions: On the top tab of RootsWeb 7 go to Search, then click on the 3rd tab, it opens up as shown below. Type in what you want to find, then hit ok. An example of the first report follows.




My second example may be more valuable to me because there are some libraries or repositories I will never get to because of the distance. As shown below, I was interested in Niagara, New York.  Surprisingly, I had three surnames I wasn't aware that they lived there. The first three are of interest to me: Schramling, Farmer, Lay, Nellis, Stannard and Young. My "brick wall" is Alexander Farmer born 1814 in either Canada or New York. (His second child was born in Niagara, NY.) Alexander married Huldah Lay, and her father Daniel was from Connecticut now living in Niagara, NY. So with a wondering mind, I'm thinking maybe Alexander Farmer was also from Connecticut. Maybe the birthplaces of Canada or New York were wrong. This report, tells me what I have and a whole lot of what I'm missing (you figure that out on your own). The report provided the information below on my six direct ancestors. The red names are those I'm very interested in. I couldn't change the formatting.

FARMER, ALEXANDER F. "Alex" (edit)
Note: settling in northern New York. But that too was never substantiated. After a while, I gave up and said enough is enough. Currently, I can only substantiate that the Lays were in western New York (Niagara Co) @1800 and Huldah must have met Alexander @1800-1820 and went with Alexander @ 1830-1840 to Calhoun Co, Mich. Her parents settled in Kalamazoo Co, adjacent

LAY, DANIEL (edit)
Note: nd Charles N. Farmer is mentioned. "A native citizen of Connecticut came to New York as a young man, where he married Anna Brown, settled in Chenango County, later to Steuben County, and then to Niagara County. In 1835 he moved to Michigan and settled in Kalamazoo County, and a few years later moved to Calhoun County and died there at age 77. His wife surv
LAY, HULDAH S. (edit)
Note: mostly pioneers of, or born in Leroy township; and excepting one had all been residents of Leroy more or less time and were relatives of Mrs. Farmer. She was one of our earliest settlers who came from Niagara County, New York, in a wagon and has ever held a high place in the estimation of her neighbors and acquaintances; and is yet in possession of her natural fac
NELLIS, JOHANN WILHELM (edit)
Note: was dated 8 August 1809 and probated 17 January 1810. 7.Henrich Wilhelm, noted often in the 1760s as an officer, Capt. Henry Nelles aged 48 and his entire family were recorded on the 1783 census of Niagara. 8.Anna Maria, born 1731; possibly the Anna Maria recorded as marrying Michael Salzmann 9.Anna Margaretha, born 1733, died about 1780 10. Johann Henrich,

SCHRAMLING, ANNA (edit)
Name note: ce dealer; Erwin Burton on lot 49; Calvin Bowker, on lot 15; Daniel Carter on lot Si; Grant Cuddeback; John J. Cushing on lot 68; Daniel Dwight on lot 26: Benjamin Farley on lot 48 (he was sheriff of Niagara county in 1857 and member of assembly in 1867-65); Orsemus Ferris on lot 14; R. A. Ferris, on lot 53; Enoch Fitch in the west part of the town; Nathan Gallup
Note: (Note: An Andrew Brown living in Wilson, Niagara Co., NY during 1830 census, age 40-50.) A Joseph Brown on the same page as Alex Farmer in 1840 for Wilson, Niagara Co., NY. http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cach

STANNARD, HANNAH (edit)
Lived detail: Westbrook, CT>Georgia, VT>Schoharis Co., NY>Wilson, Niagara Co., NY

YOUNG, JOHANN THEOBALD / or DAVID "Dewalt" (edit)
Note: ga woman and they had a daughter; at the death of his first wife, he married an Onondaga woman and they had another daughter." (3) "John DeCou (DeCew) left in 1833 his home at DeCew's Falls in the Niagara area and settled in North Cayuga Township. He had mills near Taquanyah and eventually became the founder of Decewsville. His father, Jacob DeCou, had served
SOURCES

Birth information
Research notes: Born in Michigan per death record; NY per 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 census. Birthdate and location based on a death certificate. Marriage certificate states born in Wilson, Niagara Co., New York.
My Father, John Anderson Adams, Founder of the Adams Extract Company
Research notes: "My father, John Anderson Adams, was born 2/25/47 in New York state on a farm near Leroy not far from Niagara Falls."
1840 U.S. Census
Research notes: For Wilson, Niagara Co., New York. Alex. Farmer: Males: 1 under 5; 1 20-30; Females: 1 under 5; 1 20-30. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8057/4410720_00239?pid=3820190&b
1820 U.S. Census
Research notes: For Wilson, Niagara Co., New York. Daniel Lay: Males: 2 under 10; 1 to 26-45. Females: 2 under 10; 1 16-26. Also on the page is Abner Lay.
1830 U.S. Census
Research notes: For Wilson, Niagara Co., New York. Daniel Lay: Males: 2 under 5; 2 15-20 and 1 40-50. Females: 2 5-10; 1 10-15; 1 20-30 and 1 30-40.
A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey,
Research notes: ). Pg. 299. States: "After his death [Daniel], the widow made her home with her son Timothy in Schoharie County, NY, until 1827, when she went to live with her youngest son, Daniel Lay, at Wilson, Niagara County, the same state, where she died."
Correspondence
Research notes: From Mary Lay Stephenson's letter of June 23, 2010. Church record states that Hannah Lay "died at Porter Niagara Co About 1820"
Parker in America 1630-1910
Citation: Parker, Augustus G., Parker in America 1630-1910 (Buffalo: Niagara Pub. Co., 1910).
Research notes Parker, Augustus G., Parker in America 1630-1910, (Buffalo: Niagara Pub. Co., 1910). Pg. 303.
Parker in America 1630-1910
Citation: Parker, Augustus G., Parker in America 1630-1910 (Buffalo: Niagara Pub. Co., 1910).
Research notes Parker, Augustus G., Parker in America 1630-1910, (Buffalo: Niagara Pub. Co., 1910). Pp. 303-304.
1860 U.S. Census
Research notes 1860 Federal Census for Royalton, Niagara, New York. James Henry age 30, Electa age 21. Children: Mary age 3 and Fanny 6/12 mo.. Also Alvin__ age 16.
1870 U.S. Census
Research notes 1870 U.S. Census. For Royalton, Niagara, New York. James Henry age 39, Electa L. age 31. Children: Mary age 12; Hattie age 8 and John age 4.
1870 U.S. Census
Research notes 1870 U.S. Census. For Royalton, Niagara, New York. James Henry age 39, Electa L. age 31. Children: Mary age 12; Hattie age 8 and John age 4.
1870 U.S. Census
Research notes 1870 U.S. Census. For Royalton, Niagara, New York. James Henry age 39, Electa L. age 31. Children: Mary age 12; Hattie age 8 and John age 4.
1870 U.S. Census
Research notes 1870 U.S. Census. For Royalton, Niagara, New York. James Henry age 39, Electa L. age 31. Children: Mary age 12; Hattie age 8 and John age 4.
1870 U.S. Census
Research notes 1870 U.S. Census. For Royalton, Niagara, New York. James Henry age 39, Electa L. age 31. Children: Mary age 12; Hattie age 8 and John age 4.
A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey,
Research notes Claypool, Edward & Azalea Clizbee, A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol. 2, (Pub. Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Co., 1928). Pg. 57. Jeremiah lived in Hartland, Niagara Co., NY.
Marriage Information
Research notes t, compiler. (Ancestry.com database.) States George T. Lay & Mary E. Barber (his parents Abner Lay & Mehitable Talbot) married Oct. 1851 in Allegan, Allegan, Michigan. He was born Oct. 28, 1822, in Niagara, near Lockport, NY and died 1880 of Monterey, Allegan, Mid Lothian. ALLEGAN COUNTY VR.marriage.1.136.
Obituary
Research notes: ek by the serious illness of their mother, Mrs. R. S. Turner .... Mrs. Turner was formerly a resident of this neighborhood .... The Holton Weekly Signal, January 4, 1899." "Adenine Lay was born in Niagara County, New York, December 4, 1824, and died at her home in Holton, Kan., Saturday morning, December 31, 1898, at the age of 74 years and 27 days. September
1850 U.S. Census
Research notes 1850 United States Federal Census. Name: Truman Kellums; [Truman Kilbourn]; Age: 70; Birth Year: abt 1780; Birthplace: Connecticut; Home in 1850: Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA; Gender: Male; Family Number: 2186; Household Members: Name and Age: Truman Kellums age 70; Deborah B Kellums age 64; Sarah Morehouse age 60; S
State Census
Research notes New York, State Census, 1855. Name: Truman Kilborn; Birth Year: abt 1780; Age: 75; Gender: Male; Relation to Head: Head; Residence: Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA; District: E.D. 2; Household number: 65; Line Number: 29; Sheet Number: 9; Truman Kilborn age 75; Deborah B Kilborn age 69; Sarah M Eager age 4
State Census
Research notes New York, State Census, 1855. Name: Truman Kilborn; Birth Year: abt 1780; Age: 75; Gender: Male; Relation to Head: Head; Residence: Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA; District: E.D. 2; Household number: 65; Line Number: 29; Sheet Number: 9; Truman Kilborn age 75; Deborah B Kilborn age 69; Sarah M Eager age 4
1860 U.S. Census
Research notes 1860 United States Federal Census. Name: Truman Kilborn; Age: age 80; Birth Year: abt 1780; Gender: Male; Birth Place: Connecticut; Home in 1860: Lockport, Niagara, New York; Post Office: Lockport; Family Number: 1086; Name and Age: Truman Kilborn age 80; Deborah Kilborn age 74; Truman C Kilborn age 46; Sarah M Eager age
State Census
Research notes New York, State Census, 1865. Name: Truman Kilbourn; Gender: Male; Relation to Head: Head; Birth Year: abt 1780; Age: 85; Residence: Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA; District: 2; Line Number: 15; Page Number: 69; Household Members: Name and Age: Truman Kilbourn age 85; Debra Kilbourn age 79; Truman C Kilbourn
1850 U.S. Census
Research notes 1850 United States Federal Census. Name: Truman Kellums; [Truman Kilbourn]; Age: 70; Birth Year: abt 1780; Birthplace: Connecticut; Home in 1850: Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA; Gender: Male; Family Number: 2186; Household Members: Name and Age: Truman Kellums age 70; Deborah B Kellums age 64; Sarah Morehouse age 60; S
State Census
Research notes: New York, State Census, 1855. Name: Truman Kilborn; Birth Year:abt 1780; Age: 75; Gender: Male; Relation to Head: Head; Residence: Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA; District: E.D. 2; Household number: 65; Line Number: 29; Sheet Number: 9; Truman Kilborn age 75; Deborah B Kilborn age 69; Sarah M Eager age 4
1860 U.S. Census
Research notes: 1860 United States Federal Census. Name: Truman Kilborn; Age: age 80; Birth Year:abt 1780; Gender:Male; Birth Place: Connecticut; Home in 1860: Lockport, Niagara, New York; Post Office: Lockport; Family Number: 1086; Name and Age: Truman Kilborn age 80; Deborah Kilborn age 74; Truman C Kilborn age 46; Sarah M Eager age
State Census
Research notes: New York, State Census, 1865. Name: Truman Kilbourn; Gender: Male; Relation to Head: Head; Birth Year: abt 1780; Age: 85; Residence: Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA; District: 2; Line Number: 15; Page Number: 69; Household Members: Name and Age: Truman Kilbourn age 85; Debra Kilbourn age 79; Truman C Kilbourn
PLACES
Wilson, Niagara Co., New York
Place: Wilson, Niagara Co., New York
Niagara Co., New York
Place: Niagara Co., New York
Lockport, Niagara Co., New York
Place: Lockport, Niagara Co., New York
#8 of Grand River Niagara by Robert Addison, Minister of Niagara
Place: #8 of Grand River Niagara by Robert Addison, Minister of Niagara
Royalton Center, Niagara, New York
Place: Royalton Center, Niagara, New York
Somerset, Niagara Co., New York
Place: Somerset, Niagara Co., New York
of Somerset, Niagara Co., New York
Place: of Somerset, Niagara Co., New York
(Prob.) Niagara Co., New York
Place: (Prob.) Niagara Co., New York
Cambria Center, Niagara Co., New York
Place: Cambria Center, Niagara Co., New York
Nelson, Niagara Co., New York
Place: Nelson, Niagara Co., New York
Hartland, Niagara Co., New York
Place: Hartland, Niagara Co., New York
Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Place: Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Niagara District, Ontario, Canada
Place: Niagara District, Ontario, Canada

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Wakefield Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Massachusetts

The Wakefield Old Burying Ground is beside Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield, Massachusetts. (There is nice information about this cemetery posted on FindAGrave, see the end of this post.) My last visit was in 2000 to find my ancestor's tombstone. On this recent May 2nd beautiful spring day, everybody was out walking and enjoying the day. Fortunately, I didn't have to look too long before I found two stones I was looking for. My Ancestor's stone was easy to spot, five others were not. A list of those relatives is listed below. FindAGrave has photos, even with pictures, I couldn't find them in person.

"The gravestones in this semi-circle were originally located in the town's first Burying Ground, near the present site of the Bandstand.
These stones represent some of the oldest expressions of Puritan gravestone art in New England."

Another sign provides this information.

"The earliest settlers in this town were Puritans from Lynn, who began making their home here in 1639. The slate gravestones in the Old Burying Ground represent our truest link with those first settlers.

The first stone in this line is that of my 9th great-grandfather, Jonathan Poole. The second photo shows his footstone.

Jonathan Poole
Born: Abt. 1634, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
Died: December 24, 1678, Reading (now Wakefield), Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

Jonathan Poole married Judith Jacobs
They were my 9th great-grandparents.

See my post of March 23, 2010 showing a little sharper image of my photo taken in 2000.

When I saw this Wheelock family stone broken and on the ground, I took an interest because I have the Wheelock and Newhall surnames. I believe this was the first time I purposely took a photo of an upsidedown stone. Why? Because I finally realized I could rotate the photo at home. Why didn't I figure that out years ago?

Delorma B. Wheelock
1818  --  1896

Mary S. Newhall
His Wife.
1824  --  1900

Albert A. Wheelock, M. D.
1866  --  1949


(My 8th great-granduncle was located, as was his wife.)

Here Lyes Buried
ye Body of Deacon
Thomas Nickols
Who Haveing Served ye?
Church of Christ in
Reading 25, Years Departed
this life Febr 9th 1736 in
ye 82nd Year of His Age.

Here lyes Buried ye
Body of Mrs. Rebecka (Eaton)
Nickols Wife to Deacon
Thomas Nickols
Who Died October
17th 1732 in her? 68th
Year of her Age.
ye Memory of ye Just is Blessed


I couldn't these stones, but they are posted on FindAGrave:
Capt. Thomas Poole died Dec. 26, 1732 (8th great-grand uncle)
Thomas Wiley died Feb. 16, 1780 (7th great-grand uncle)
Benjamin Pool died Dec. 17, 1732 (5th great-grand uncle)
John Nickols, Sr. died Dec. 16, 1721 (8th great-grand uncle)
Benjamin Fitch died March 12, 1712 (7th great-grandfather)

The cemetery is beside the bank of Lake Quannapowitt.


Old Burying Ground

Also known as First Congregational Churchyard

LOCATION
Church Street
Wakefield, Middlesex CountyMassachusetts01880 USA  
PHONE781-246-6300
WEBSITE
MEMORIALS971 added (62% photographed)
CEMETERY ID91376

This is actually the second burial ground of the First parish church. The first was further east in what is now the park about where the bandstand is located. Its stones were moved to this burial ground when it was begun around 1688-9. It was the main burial ground for the town for about 150 years. It contains the graves of many of the towns early settlers and early families including Rev. Richard Brown (1732), Rev. Mr. Wm. Hobby (1765) and Rev. Caleb Prentiss (1803) all of whom served the First Parish.

In 1846 the burial ground was recognized as being too small for the growing town and a number of citizens formed the Lakeside Cemetery as a private cemetery further north and west on Lake Quannapowitt.

There are approximately 600 headstones. The earliest death date is 1681, the latest 1926.

The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as WAK.801 Old Burial Ground.

This cemetery is referred to as GR1 Old Cemetery, formerly Town Burying Ground in the "Vital Records of Wakefield Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."

From the town of Wakefield website:

How do I find information about family plots, lot location, or genealogy?

Cemetery records are available in the Public Works office at Town Hall, located at 1 Lafayette Street.

Phone:
(781) 246-6301 x 4
Address:
Town Hall
1 Lafayette Street
WakefieldMA 01880

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Boott Cotton Mills Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts

The Boott Cotton Mills
At the foot of 115 John St.
Lowell, MA

I decided to visit the museum recently because so many things were closed due to COVID-19, and this was open. It isn't every year you get to visit something during a pandemic! Lowell is lucky that we have two visitor centers (the one on Dutton Street has been closed for repairs for quite a long time but is due to open within a month.

When I visited the Boott Cotton Mills Museum in 2016 I wrote a post, https://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-boott-cotton-mills-of-lowell.html but, I didn't mention several exhibits I saw two weeks ago, however, I felt they should be written about. These items are pretty cool, like a real "Mill Girl" dress on display, and a see-through model of four floors of a mill. The model is amazing, I believe you and all children will be surprised. I don't know when it was made, but I'm sure glad I didn't miss it this visit. The next time I go, I'll have to ask a knowledgeable ranger question about the model.

Wear your mask!

Visitor Center and Gift Shop.

View from Visitor's Desk.

Model of mills in Lowell.

One of the signs below states:
"Severe Accident.
About four o'clock, yesterday afternoon,
Lizzie M. Ryan, a girl of twelve years,
working on the Boott corporation, met with
a severe accident, which it is feared may
prove fatal. By some mishap, as she was
sliding down the banisters, a habit which
has foolishly been indulged in by some of
the operatives, she was precipitated down
four flights of stairs and was found at
the bottom in an insensible condition. In
her fall she struck against a railing,
demolishing it. Looking at the distance
she fell, one can hardly conceive how she
escaped with her life. Dr. Plunkett attended
her. Her case is regarded as critical.
Lowell Courier-Citizen, 1869"
(Looking down to the bottom. I took the photo taken years ago. I don't believe you are allowed to climb the stairs now.)

First-floor exhibit. "The museum includes an operating 1920s weave room." "In 1910 the Boot Mills complex contained approximately 3,500 looms. A typical weave room had over 100 looms." Some are actually operating and weaving products for the gift shop. I went back last weekend to ask how many looms were operational and was told between 10-15.


View from a staircase going up to the museum exhibits.
"Mill Girl" Dress.
"Born in nearby Pelham, New Hampshire,
in 1810, Mary Cregg Butler came to Lowell
in the 1820s to work in the mills. She wore
this cotton calico dress which, according to
family tradition, was made from Lowell
mill cloth in the period 1820-1820. While in
Lowell, Butler met and married Aaron
Howard Sherman, the first superintendent
of the Lowell Manufacturing Co. They later
moved to Maine."
(The lights and reflections made it difficult to get a good picture.)

An exhibit of some cloth.


The Mill System. "Each of the mill buildings stood four stories high." "Because the mills produced different kinds of cloth, the layout of machinery in the individual mill buildings differed somewhat. Generally, the cotton moved up the factory, with the initial stages of production performed on the lower floors and weaving above." "During its 120 years of operation, the Boott Mills changed in major ways. New buildings were added. The entire complex was integrated and the buildings physically joined. Water power was used to generate electricity. Machines were improved. The layout of machines and the flow of the cotton through the buildings were redesigned." Unfortunately, I don't know who made this model. The quotes are from the information label.




IMPORTANT MESSAGE
Announcement: Due to construction, the Boott Cotton Mills Museum will be closed from May 17-May 23, 2021.
Interagency Passes and the Eastern National bookstore will still be available at 115 John St, open 12-5 pm Monday-Friday and from 10 am- 5 pm Saturday-Sunday.
The Boott Cotton Mills Museum will re-open on Monday, May 24 (10 am- 5 pm).

What's happening at Lowell National Historical Park today? (May 9, 2021)
The Boott Cotton Mills Museum (115 John Street) is now open from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. See a 1920s-era weave room, historical artifacts, interactive exhibits and video programs. Learn more about the city’s role as a developer of technology and hub of social and economic change in the American Industrial Revolution.
America the Beautiful - National Parks & Federal Recreational Lands passes are available for sale. The Boott Mills Museum is also open Monday-Friday between 12:00 and 5:00 p.m.

For more information about the Boott Cotton Mills Museum visit https://www.nps.gov/.../pla.../boott-cotton-mills-museum.htm