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Andover's connection to the Hindenburg
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Doug Cooper
History of West Elementary School, part 2
Andover is about to open the 4th version of the West Elementary School. Today, writer Barbara Bunn shares the second of two posts on the history of the…
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Barbara E. Bunn
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History of the Shawsheen River, part 3
In 2022, the Town of Andover commissioned the History Center to write the history chapter of the town's Master Plan for the Shawsheen River. This is…
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Elaine Clements
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A Gas Station Holdup in Andover and its Connection to the Boston Strangler
 • Doug Cooper
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Andover Bewitched: The Witch Trials of 1692
 • Toni Armstrong
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History of the Shawsheen River, part 1
 • Elaine Clements
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Miscellany Mondays: Pomp's Pond
 • Floyd Greenwood
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"I was determined to carry out Alexander’s wish to have a headstone for Ann, but we needed to find out who Ann was!"
 • James Batchelder
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History of West Elementary School, part 1
Andover is about to open the 4th version of the West Elementary School. Today, writer Barbara Bunn shares the first of two posts on the history of the…
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Barbara E. Bunn
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Eunice R. Davis, Abolitionist Daughter of Andover: Part 2
New History Buzz contributor, Christiana Boehmer is back with the second of two posts on Eunice R. Davis.
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Christiana Boehmer
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Buy War Bonds, Don't Steal Them!
Two AWOL sailors, a 70 day crime spree, and both Andover Banks... all after V-E Day
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Doug Cooper
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Miscellany Mondays: How a portrait came to be in the collection of the History Center
A short story about one item in the collection
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Elaine Clements
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Eunice R. Davis, Abolitionist Daughter of Andover: Part 1
Today we welcome a new History Buzz contributor, Christiana Boehmer.
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Christiana Boehmer
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Carriage painting
While prepping a post on a painting in the History Center's collection, I went down a research rabbit hole about carriage painting.
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Elaine Clements
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History of the Shawsheen River, part 2
In 2022, the Town of Andover commissioned the History Center to write the history chapter of the town's Master Plan for the Shawsheen River. This is…
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Elaine Clements
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