The City of Fall River is an industrial community on the banks of the Taunton River in Bristol County with a long and fascinating history. The first settler was Benjamin Church, a hero of King Philip's war, who built a sawmill in 1690. The city's geography determined its destiny; as historians have pointed out, the significant fact about Fall River is that it had water power and port facilities together, making it both a transfer point for passenger and freight traffic to New York and the site of intense industrial development. Its diverse residential population is made up of immigrants from Great Britain, Portugal and Canada drawn to the mill jobs available in the city.
Fall River's industrial history began in 1811 when Colonel Joseph Durfee opened the Globe Manufactory. By 1830 the city had seven textile mills, a steamboat to Providence and Newport and its own newspaper. A...
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Law Office of John P. Pollis & Associates
Office: Attleboro Falls, MA Area(s) Served: Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth and Barnstable, Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro, Plainville, Mansfield, Foxboro, Wrentham, Norton, Seekonk, Bellingham, Franklin, and Walpole. Area(s) of Practice: Elder Law & Estate Planning, Real Estate, Business & Contract Law, Family Law, Criminal Law Phone: 508-695-4446 or 888-695-4450 Email: jpollis@comcast.net |
Office: Attleboro Falls, MA
Areas Served: Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth and Barnstable, Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro, Plainville, Mansfield, Foxboro, Wrentham, Norton, Seekonk, Bellingham, Franklin, and Walpole.
Specialty: Elder Law & Estate Planning, Real Estate, Business & Contract Law, Family Law, Criminal Law
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