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Thirty Third Week, Friday's "Medfield Historical Minute"

A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.

Cranberry bog
Cranberry bog (Courtesy photo)

A Medfield Historical Minute...

This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.

"In 1889 the cranberry crop, in the bogs along the Charles River, was reported a failure and the potato crop was reported ruined due to too much summer rain."

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