An ice industry thrived on Spy Pond. Ice harvested there was transported to Boston for shipment to the South and even India. Arlington's market gardens and greenhouses were famous for their produce, especially Arlington lettuce that was shipped all along the East Coast.
California put the farms out of business when refrigerated trains came into use. The Thompson School is a token of our town's appreciation for this generous act. Thompson's father, Dr. Augustin Thompson, developed in , a syrup he called Moxie Nerve Food and marketed it as a tonic to aid digestions. In , he changed Moxie to a carbonated soft drink that at first was also marketed as a tonic with extravagant claims that it would cure all sorts of ailments. A few years later Moxie was marketed exclusively as a delicious and refreshing drink, and for a while, was the most popular soft drink in the U.
In fact, it became so popular that the word moxie became part of our language meaning energy, courage or guts. Moxie is still enjoyed by many people and can be obtained in local supermarkets. Cyrus Dallin: Born in a log cabin in Utah and where as a boy he played with Native Americans, Cyrus Dallin showed talent at a young age in art and model making. A Boston businessman who financed the year-old's education in Boston recognized his talent.
Later Cyrus studied in Paris. Cyrus Dallin spent his adult life in Arlington; his children and grandchildren grew up here. He is especially known for the heroic-size bronze of Paul Revere near the Old North Church, which reminds us of our national heritage.
This work, which portrays one of the community's first inhabitants, stands in a beautiful wooded setting in the garden between the Robbins Memorial Town Hall and the Robbins Library. Arlington th Anniversary "Prepared and published by authority of the committee of the town of Arlington appointed to make arrangements for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town" reads the opening comments of the book Town of Arlington Past and Present: A Narrative of Larger Events and Important Changes in the Village Precinct and Town from to by Charles S.
Published in and now available to download Park's book here from Google books. The board hires a professional manager to administer the daily operations of the government. The legislative branch is a Town Meeting made up of representatives, elected from each of the 21 precincts. Facts from the US Census Bureau Population 42, U. Location Arlington is six miles northwest of Boston, in latitude 42 degrees 25 minutes north, longitude 71 degrees 09 minutes west. Area farmers also raised hay, oats, corn, peanuts, potatoes, sorghum, and other crops, as well as dairy cattle and other livestock.
Arlington became the site of large produce sales and a distribution center for shipment to other towns. Another early source of revenue was the mineral well in the center of town. Though it was dug as a public water well, it yielded mineral water, from which medicinal crystals were produced and sold. The water was also bottled for sale, and a sanitarium was built for using it to treat illnesses. By the community had an estimated population of and Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches.
In Arlington reported eighteen businesses, including several stores. By the citizens had an electric plant, a water system, natural gas lines, telephones, and a public school system. In the number of residents was estimated at 3, Arlington Downs , a racetrack built in , drew thousands of visitors, including many dignitaries, until pari-mutuel betting was declared illegal in Texas in A General Motors assembly plant was built there in , and the Great Southwest Industrial District was formed in In the population was estimated at 44,, and , residents were reported in Arlington has a council-manager government.
Tom Vandergriff served as mayor through the period of rapid growth, from until In the city had two institutions of higher learning, the University of Texas at Arlington and Arlington Baptist College. Recreational, social, and cultural facilities included many public parks, several public swimming pools, public and private golf courses, tennis courts, auditoriums, libraries, theaters, youth centers, seniors' facilities, and a community center. For recreation and water needs Lake Arlington was developed in the southwest section of the city in Press Kits.
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