2 W o r c e s t e r 3 0 0 : C i t y o f I n n o v a t o r s
300 years of innovation & groundbreaking
Worcester: 1722-1821 ........... 8-17
Worcester's first century ........................... 8
e nation's first war
correspondent ......................................... 10
e beginning of the end
of slavery................................................. 12
e richest man in
the county............................................... 14
Worcester: 1822-1921 .......... 18-41
Ascent of industry .................................. 18
Rolling mill builder
to the world ............................................ 20
Be mine, Valentine ................................. 22
e inventor
& the abolitionist ................................... 23
e Norton dominance .......................... 24
A leader in the fight for equality ............ 26
Pioneering plastic surgeon ..................... 27
How Worcester won the West ............... 28
Early incubators ..................................... 30
Queen of the blues ................................. 32
Warp speed ............................................ 34
Worcester leads in mental
health care .............................................. 36
Redeeming qualities ............................... 37
By land or by rail .................................... 38
Machinists strike sought
to improve pay, hours ............................. 40
Birth of the industrial elite ..................... 41
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