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Atlas
Mystery #4
Redway Plain is every important to our town's history. This historic place
was where in the 1700's the minutemen would meet to prepare to go to battle
with England. They were called minutemen because they had to be ready
at a minute's notice. The picture shows a reenactment of the minutemen
getting ready to go to battle with England. After the war was over, the
field was used as a crop field and is still today. Ê Ê
The Perryville Dam was originally known as Butterworth Falls. This name
was used in 1690. A family called Carpenter owned it and operated a sawmill
here through the Revolutionary War. It was then purchased by the Perry
family in the1850's. The Perry's operated a larger turning mill that produced
tool handles as well as bobbins for the cotton manufacturing industry
in Blackstone Valley. This business lasted until the 1890's. A sawmill
and gristmill operated on the site until the mid 1930's. Perryville dam
is now maintained by our town and is a beautiful place to see.
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