Marathon Park – Ashland Historical Society

The Boston Marathon

Even though Hopkinton claims to be the home of the starting line of the Boston Marathon, we in Ashland know the real story. “It all started here” as the sign proclaims next to the site on Pleasant St. in Ashland, not Hopkinton. With all the rivalries between Ashland and Hopkinton, this may be just another one, but it is an […]

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Marathon Park, Marathon Starting Line, Metcalf

Cutler’s Mills

Establishments, Landmarks, Salem Witch Trials, The Railway

This year has been an extraordinary one. Never have I seen the water levels so low in our area. So low in fact that you can actually see the bottom of the Sudbury River, especially at the Cordaville Road bridge. The pond next to Marathon Park is virtually a field now. The mill that once stood there would be useless […]

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Cutler, Cutler Mills, Greenwood, Marathon Park, Marshall, Sudbury River