Yesterday, one of my goals was to find a couple of Massachusetts monuments and do a compare/contrast. I ended up accidentally finding a lot more. Before I get into that, though, let’s take a look at what was once the largest chair in the world.
Large Chair • Gardner, MA
Why does Gardner, MA have a super-huge chair sitting on the front lawn of the Helen Mae Sauter School? At the turn of the century, this town was churning 4 million pieces of furniture each year; 20 chair factories is nothing to shake a stick at. Some people call Gardner the Furniture Capital of New England, while others simply call it Chair City.
Another 15-minute drive and I was looking at a horse in Winchendon, MA.
Clyde II • Winchendon, MA
As I jumped out of my car and photographed the Clyde II statue, I probably looked as if I were on a scavenger hunt, team of one. So why was this silly horse standing in the middle of the bank’s parking lot? Around the same time that Gardner was in its furniture heyday, Winchendon was at the height of its toy production. The town produced so many toys that people called it Toy Town — this horse represents that.
What was even more interesting was what I found on the way to the horse. As I was driving down the main road, I could see a Read more of this post
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