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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., Development of the business section of West Medford. (search)
ke and didn't illuminate. Electric light was then a dream, telephone ditto, automobile more unlikely. Five buildings still remain to be mangled, moved or demolished to complete the widening act on High street, but Mystic Hall, built for a community center in 1852, still remains, as does also its proprietor, Mr. Ober, ninety-two, the dean of the business men of Medford. The post office has been moved into its new quarters beside Whitmore brook. When High street was named it crossed Meeting-house and Whitmore brooks not only by bridges but by fording places. For some years the latter has had a summer vacation, but at times returns, but not to its former volume. When the street widening is complete we suggest that with the new order the locality be named Whitmore square, in remembrance of its early settler, the good Deacon John Whitmore, whose house, built in 1680, stood here till the twentieth century came. That he was a worthy citizen of the old time is seen in the text of hi
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The tornado of 1851. (search)
five, there appeared in the west beyond Wear bridge a whirling cloud, something in shape like a spreading tree or an inverted cone. Its lower part seemed to writhe about like the trunk of an elephant, reaching toward the earth. As it came on over the river, it began its terrible work, as if with teeth and jaws of steel. Its track covered a space of about eighty rods wide, taking the general course of High street with varying force and incredible velocity. Passing over the valley of Meeting-house brook, it continued through the woods and re-appeared on Forest street. While its general course was eastward, trees were blown in other and varying directions within the width of its track, and all sorts of freaks were later observed. A little shed or hen-house escaped, while large, strongly-built houses and barns were demolished. Others were unroofed, while chimney tops, windows, blinds and fences went like chaff before or with it. A freight car on the railroad siding was rolled a