Massachusetts
At one point in time Massachusetts held more computer companies than any other state or place in the world combined. Depicted above, a powerhouse in the 1970 & 1980's,Wang Computers in Lowell, MA.
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Explore the birthplace of the American iron and steel industry.
The Automobile Industry in the United States Started in Massachusetts
Ford Assembly Plant - Cambridge, MA
Volleyball Was Invented in Massachusetts
Saugus Historical Society
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Massachusetts Public Health
Mass Labor Statistics
For years, a popular myth said that baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839. There are several problems with that story, but here's a big one: a 1791 bylaw in Pittsfield mentions the sport by name. That's just one of the interesting facts you'll read in a new book, "Baseball in the Bay State" by Kevin Larkin of Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
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Tainted Rye May Have Been the Real Culprit of the Salem Witch Trials
Boston Red Sox. 2018. Wikipedia: Boston Red Soc, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Boston_Red_Sox. Accessed 14 Jan. 2019.
"The Very First Computer I Had Access To, from WANG Laboratories (Mini VS100?)! Looking Back, I Admire My Father Who Was Brave Enough to Let? | Stufffff in 2019 | Old Computers, Old Technology and Technology." Pinterest, www.pinterest.com/pin/527906387569941916/. Accessed 14 Jan. 2019.
"The Very First Computer I Had Access To, from WANG Laboratories (Mini VS100?)! Looking Back, I Admire My Father Who Was Brave Enough to Let? | Stufffff in 2019 | Old Computers, Old Technology and Technology." Pinterest, www.pinterest.com/pin/527906387569941916/. Accessed 14 Jan. 2019.