Dracut High School - Dracuteer Yearbook (Dracut, MA)

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Essay of the Town of Dracut fcontd Q Is LlllC91fd1lW 1 o mx 6111 x S mu S ue 1 e txbl hed Ill the tom ll nlthouf uno f1c1V1l l6C0lflN Stwte thit thl Rex Mme 'Une' Ol .vw V1 Schoo lll ton .1 0111181 of 11181410 F01 1ltlmQ,tl1f 1 x 1 lm txughi Whoo Vlnc pleam L 0 he lllflldllh al then enLV1mpment lm: llf X ldw Vvx sehrwl l?LIllClllUlS Fne 0 these l7LhlCl11lgS Vue ffl 1mm.11 schoolx load ed 11 l'X6llXXUUfl lt Dldflll felllel, at Lol lll'lbX1ll6, at Bruker Axenue, .md xt the N1 x X Vud fuoodhuej md one Qecondalx Vchool loc lted xt D1 'lCLlt Centel bo th xt the tov nspeople mlgfht hw e cl 1 oppmtunltx to supplement then edu caltlon am' lf-'dfllllf' en ox ment V1 toml lllllfllx 1 Hrted m the seal ot 1' e l1blrtlY wa uw mated Ill 1 mv lorm 111 ru Hmm OTTICG, and C0l1tlICl fxnloxlnwxtelx 110 books Smce tlmt tlme xt h N gvmvn hx lexps .md bounds Il 1922 Marx ffleelex NIOIIISOH Qfue to the L mx 71 Va modem. l1bl11lX bulldlllg, Ill memorx J he1 b1OlQll6l D1 Wlvses hleelex lcllkl-31 u lo Vell xx ho was lJ0lI1 ln Dlacut and whose affecuon for lux buthphzu cont mov T Nlllillll long dl1flbllNX hte IN 111 us 10Cdt9fl m Unmeut C mutex, IN one 01 fhe woxt bl: xx nt StlLlCtll19S m the town It mm contains mme than 4' 000 xolumu Them fue Nexelal efulx lJLlllCl1ll S st l 111 l'nL 10 flle1,0XXll Among: these ale t e Osgood ll0'l e, mm ouned ox XI s IL ll 1 fl l 1 x h ch IS located on Mfxmmot odd, nefu ledge ll' ll the llOVKl1 llouke Ifwdful on l lleuexx Axenue 111 C0 1118 x1l e, whu h 1 mu ed ln M1 Samuel Dex.-mlfx he Old X Vunum house located on Mammoth hood 111 f 0ll1IlSX1l e non owned hx N11 U amel H .mon Durmf the fmee of the F1611 hl11w.11 Vx Vu fum the xedw fOllOVK1llg the1e were seweval llldl in fmttdckx moon the settlels of U1dCUt and ' l'1OlITlSlO1Cl In orde1 to se ers would Iefue then homes Vmfl tl Q letlff ln 1 5 1lllSOll houxe xxhlch IS A Jr of tmf Thele lx one xuch 441111 on hz c 1 ' ldlllll ff 111 thls Xlpllllt e nrlee LJcllllN0l1 Home loultfd new 'ex dl emu ll Ho pll xl Thls was tolmel x OXKll6d bx l:,dxxVucl 1 obuln Fhele fue m mx well kmmu will lllawt lhllilte uhlch fue stlll 161Jl9S6l1t9d In plesenf town leslfleuts Amonff these fue Al Uof l1.1d'ev f0bL11ll and Qolbuln Fox, Goodhue, Hllflleth Hox ex, IVufe1 lwxbof-X Rlchfudson Ruvell, and X alnum All of these efulx fdTI'1ll1QS plflxefl fm H1150 tam 1415 n the hxstolx of Dlacut The wtmem of Dlacut h me Vxlxxa tal Il n mine pmt m the establ1shmentV sl a remlhlle, Vind, .N uae then llfflll theX c 111 cl .mo 8Y9lClQQd the l1bGI't1Q 01 xx lrh thex h d toueht IACIX nm en 0 the lleeeut 19NlCl6lltS Qtxll do an 'TCTIYQ pV11t ll hu ffm elnment llO+ on K ol the tcmx., but also ol the C0l.l11t1X T ex lea lfed th lt 11 these llghtx xx e1e not exe, 1 eu thex uoulc soon be loxt lhe Name 1 me 0 fu e mus xu s 1 Je .mac ot md me lfwulx to collect AHX co mom ll om cl 'f10UN V c cm x x llch df vot follow Lloselx st. lldd1Cl'- mlm h we 011159 Xfjx Vet 'lhese 1LCU1flN .ne l6L01ClN ol the pa 1 lime lllTUlQ has xef to be enacted on tlue these WN01dx VV1e' FOI, 111 IQXIQXXIDQ' the hwtmx or ou1 foxxn, ue hfue read ot the hllClNl'llpN PI1fO'lll'E9Cl bx those Qettle Q H mud to 1ll1Uld.l'lt 111 thu New XX or d V1 ne K Cllll f.1t1o11 md ue h.1xe 1e.1d of the 16 f'l1!cllQl0l1 of 1 clleam Thele IS more tlouble xet to mme exen 111 0111 ela le us meet thu md COIIQUQI lt, as ou1 .111 cestols dld lhex the eallx xettlelx haue mu ed tv um thex haue gn en to us fm 1 f 1 plece 01 1 hee and plospemub -Xmel CV1 lfoun f n v 0 keep It tha Kun ' PAlHlfIAOHR1l'N lt ' '. as t, h ' ' 'li' ssl' ls ' rg -V z iS . 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Essay of the Town of Dracut Ccontd Q A to the orlcln ofthe name of our toxx n xxe ale referred to the old Lngllsh tamllx name Ihacota xxhlch exlsted as tal bxck as '066 Bmce then there haxe been manx x nrlatlons ln the use ot the name tox example the toxxn of Dlaxcott ln Somersetshlre Pnffland the famllx ot Dx 1 cot m l'xYYlll1Lt0l1 Fngland and m thc nccovds of C hclmsford Draxx Cut Fhere xx ere sex erxl land grants m ide to Dracut settlers bv Colomal authorltles Among the e xx ere The Mllltarx C rant H6191 to members of the 001011131 Armx for 88111068 rendered the Blllerlca C4rant of 4000 1016.8 to that toxxn 800 acles of xxhlch xxele recorded to Dracut lesldents the Batter Mlrtxn and Russell Grants C1600 166 1 xxhlch comblned totaled 1300 xcres Also theInd1anRese1xat1on of 000 acres xxhlch xxa sold to Dracut reeldents bx the lndlans There was another Bnleuca Grant of 1667 of 500 RCIQS whlch ale noxx 1 part of Dracut There xx ere mznx more smaller land grants too numelou to mentlon Most of these were made hx authorltles ln order to nd the toxx n although a fexx xxere 1n exchange for m1l1 tarx serxlces Dracut resxdents took part ln sexeral xxars mcludmc the French and Indlan War the Rex olutlonarv War the Spamsh War bh ax s lteoellxon and the txxo World W mrs Pl'OII1ll1C.lll' Dlacut men ln the Rex 0lL1t10l1 :rx Vx an were C eneral Ioseph Brad lex X lrnum C xptam Peter Cobuln md C xptaln Stephen Russell These men led thelr comp unes throu h sex 91 xl of the most hmous campalcns lll e zrlx Amerxc ln hx tolx lllC,lUdll11 the P xttle ot Bunker Hull and the battles at C oncord and Iexlng ton As for the txvo World Wars lt lSl10f,C,Cl th nt the Drxcut men xx ho took part ln dcfendnu, thelr countrx mamtested the s ame splrlt xx hlch lTllmdt6C'l their ancestors xx hcnexer thc xx ere c alled upon to detend then rn hts and llbcntles The popul txon his mcreased because of the tSt1hllNhIT16llt ot factm les along, the shores ot the 11161 m Loxxell and durlnc the eallx part of the last centurx the I'lXCl proxndcd fm the transportation bx rift ot D1 acut lumber to the shlp bulld nu, xard at Nfxxburxpoxt Among the earllest lecords of the toxx n xxc flnd that an attempt xx as madc to ploxlde fo' a house of xx orshlp The fnst Ol2,'lI1ll d house of xx orshlp lll Dracut xxas the Plr t fOl1g,l'65.,ltl0l1ll Lhulch CH1lls1o.e Church! Other churches mcluded the Paxxtucket Church Dnacut Center Cong,1e 1tl0l1 xl Church CClld Yelloxx Meet ng, Houscl the P llltht Church the hast Dracut Methodlst Church the COHIIIQXIIIS Umcn NIINMJI1 Qt Nlarx s of the AbSUmDtlCH Catho IC Church at Lollmsxllle bt Theresa s C xfhollc Vhurch at Parker Ax enue Bt 'VIarx s of the Lxke Cathollc Church 'lt lake M zscupplc md St DOIUIIIIC s C lfh0llC NIISNIOII at Kenxx ood lhese churches are hsted ln ordel of the time that each xx 1s bllll+ Some of them xx ere bullt solelx or paltlx bx the people xxho lxter attended them Botl the C olllnsxllle Union Church und St lllxrx ot the ANSllmDtlC3l1 Catlfollc Church xxere bullt partlx bx tunrls COl1tl1l'lt9C1 bx Nl! Mxchzel 10111115 zftel xx hom CCIHIYINXIHQ xx as named Because of the M6lY1mdLk Rlxer and lt manx tllblltilx treams tou.nd ln the toxxn one of xx hxch IN Penxer Brook the eaxlx settlers h md an mbundnnt supplx oi xxatex poxx er Fheretole lt xx as posslble to rnamtan gllstmllls and eaxvmllls Later txx o x oolcn mulls xx exe bunlt 1n the toxx n onc on the banks of Pe 1x 81 Blook ln Collxns xxlle md xnothu 1n the Naxx Sand Xxllx e CDI the b xnk ot the same stream 4 'r' 4 4 4 4 x 'I Pu ' x 4 '4 42 '4 ' A4 .4 ' 4-. 4 ' 4 Av I ,Z 4 4 .4 ' 4 4 ' ' 4 ' 4 ' 4. 44 ' 4 ' r , ' x 4. 4 , A ,: 4 M . 1-x 4x . A , A . ., . . ' , . H , 4 ' H , . ,, . , . ' M 41 P4 4 2 4 4 .4 2 4 , L4 I L4 L ' '4 4 ' ' 54' 4 4 - ' ' , ' 4 4 ' v x a, . 1 - , . , 4 V 1 -v' - -H ' '44 ' 4 1,4 4 4 .4 4 - 4 - f 4 - r . , 4 .1 ' u 1 4. 1' I 1 Y 11 W 1 v 4 4 y rl , L . , A4 4 ' El' 4 ' ' 1 ' , . ' .4 ' -- 0 , , . Z 4. 4 , 4' , ' ' v . v 4 1 ' ' 4 Y v , H 4 . M . V, A K. 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TWEED HOUSE YELLOW MEETING HOUSE RICHARDSON HOUSE DURKEE C-ARRISON HOUSE OSC-OOD HOUSE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS