May 2010 – Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective

May 23

Doctor Seabury Bowen Revealed

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A recent meeting of the Mutton Eaters, the Fall River Chapter of the Second Street Irregulars, focused on the life of Dr. Seabury W. Bowen of Fall River. The good doctor was a crucial player in the events of August 4, 1892. No account of the murders...

May 06

Lizzie Borden’s River

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Lizzie Borden’s River

Blog,History,Mini-Mysteries,The Forlorn Maggie

Fall River is named after the Quequechan (pronounced by Fall Riverites Quick-a-shan) which is the word in the Wampanoag tongue for Falling River. While the city has not been called Fall River continuously since the land’s purchase from the Wampanoag...