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Fitchburg Massachusetts, 1890 |
 | | Among the conspicuous buildings are the court-house, a handsome stone edifice fronting on a beautiful square, where is a costly monument to Fitchburg's soldiers lost in the war for the Union; the public library (containing some 20,000 volumes); the High School, the Union railroad depot, the county jail, and several of the churches. |
 | | One of these, as laid out, included the present towns of Lancaster, Fitchburg and Ashby, and was known as the Turkey Hills, on account of the large number of wild turkeys that came there to feed on the abundant acorns and wild chestnuts. |
 | | Fitchburg furnished 824 men to the Union forces in the late war, 75 more than its quota; and 57 became commissioned officers. |
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