Fall River Revisited (Paperback or Softback)

Founded in 1803, Fall River changed its name the following year to Troy, after a resident visiting Troy, New York, enjoyed the city.

In 1834, the name was officially changed back to Fall River. The city's motto, ""We'll Try,"" originates from the determination of its residents to rebuild the city following a devastating fire in 1843. The fire resulted in 20 acres in the center of the village being destroyed, including 196 buildings, and 1,334 people were displaced from their homes. Once the capital of cotton textile manufacturing in the United States, by 1910, Fall River boasted 43 corporations, 222 mills, and 3.8 million spindles, producing two miles of cloth every minute of every working day in the year. The workforce was comprised of immigrants from Ireland, England, Scotland, Canada, the Azores, and, to a lesser extent, Poland, Italy, Greece, Russia, and Lebanon.

Stefani Koorey, PhD, is a Fall River historian and expert on the Borden murders of 1892. She is the cofounder of the Fall River History Club, whose members drew from their vast collections of Fall River images to illustrate this volume. The Fall River Historical Society has also contributed its collection of images of the Cotton Centennial of 1911.