id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt hvd.hx5zy6 NONE Haskell's historical guide-book of Somerville 1905 .txt text/plain 659 59 81 prisoners of war, on Prospect Hill and Winter Hill, 2,300 A tablet bears the following inscription: ON THIS HILL THE UNION FLAG, WITH ITS THIRTEEN Prospect Hill is situated a short distance from Union oN ENTERING THE UNITED STATES SERVICE FOR Somerville's loyalty to the Union was characterized by military companies, hundreds of citizens enlisted for service in aid of the Union cause. street to Davis Square. Street watering was tried for the April 14, 1871 an act establishing the City of Somerville passed the Legislature, and was accepted by the people at a town meeting held April 27, the vote being 336 in favor and Poor; Ward 4, John G. Councilmen : Ward 1, E. W. Wyatt; Ward 3, W. Ward 4, W. Hall, Sycamore street, Jan. 1, 1872. commenced in April 1871, and completed in the following In 1873 Somerville avenue was widened, making it the ./cache/hvd.hx5zy6.pdf ./txt/hvd.hx5zy6.txt