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Chapter 1 -
The Earliest
Beginnings
When the King of England offered farm land to
New England Farmers in the 1700’s, the Shaws, living in Rhode
Island, moved to Nova Scotia. Living in Lockhart, Nova Scotia, then
15-year-old Mark L. Shaw made the decision to leave home in pursuit
of his dreams.
He enrolled in the Acacia Villa Schools for
Boys and after two years headed back to the United States. After
working on farms in Massachusetts, he found work at the Oliver J.
Coburn farm in Dracut for several years, and eventually settled on
Hamblett Avenue in Dracut, where he married, began to raise a
family, and opened and operated a bakery until the early 1900’s.
Dracut was a very primitive town in the early
1900’s, no police, a volunteer fire department and an economy
dominated by the Merrimack Woolen Mills. In 1908 records indicate
that weavers were on strike for better wages.
It was during this time that Mark L. Shaw, Sr.
and his wife Annie purchased the first parcel of land on 195 New
Boston Road. In a short period of time, he had built a home, a barn
and a milk house. In these early years, the family worked off-farm
jobs in addition to their family farm work, a family that would
include their three children, Mark Loran, Jr., Albert, and Gladys.
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Home
Delivery
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visit our new on-line ordering
system.
It's chock full of information and
details regarding our Home
Delivery service. Shaw Farm's trucks
deliver fresh milk,
bread, and other produce.
Click here
for info and ordering |
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Growth Hormones?
We have
strong feelings about not using
artificial growth hormones.
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for more details |
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Shaw Farm Newsletter
Watch here for our 100th Anniversary
Celebration newsletters |
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The Boston Globe recently reported on our anniversary. Click here
for details |
