Stoneham Oral History Project: Fallon Farm

2 sound files (60 minutes), digital, MPEG3 file

This interview includes the following topics: The Fallon Farm was purchased by Theresa's father, William in 1912 from Mr. Lyman Dike. Theresa Mosley's grandfather, Thomas Fallon was born in Ireland in 1825. He emigrated at the age of fifteen to Boston. He found work farming on the west side of Stoneham (Woburn, Winchester, Stoneham property lines). In 1959, the state took by emininent domain the Marble Ridge Farm and Marble Ridge Dairy to further Rt. 93 northward. In addiiton to Rt. 93, the Fallon Farm land became home to Ryder Corp.; Servomation; Chesterton; Will Ross Eastern Hospital Supplies; and the Gates Condominiums.

Originally issued on sound cassettes

Institution: Stoneham Public Library

Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Stoneham

Mosley, Theresa Fallon

Schultz, Maxine G.

08-22-1986

audio/mpeg

eng

Stoneham, Mass. : Stoneham Public Library

Fallon Farm (Stoneham, Mass.)

Dike, Lyman

sound recording-nonmusical

Sound recordings

1 audio disc (60 minutes)

4 3/4 in.