Haverhill, Massachusetts Trivia Book
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FAMOUS HAVERHILLITES
Q: Name the woman who was captured by Indians and escaped by scalping her captors.
A: Hannah Duston in 1697
Q: Who was the Haverhill born television and movie actress, mother-in-law of Cloris Leachman and sister of Jack Albertson?
A: Madeline Albertson, T.V. series “Those Whiting Girls”. Movie “Home before Dark”
Q: Who was the physician, scientist, and author best known for building a castle ?
A: Dr. James R. Nichols (1819 - 1888)
Q: Who was a Supreme Court Judge and Secretary of the Navy under President Theodore Roosevelt?
A: William H. Moody (1853 - 1917)
Q: Who first translated the stories of “Cinderella” and “Sleeping Beauty” into English and his printing shop on Water Street in 1794 ?
A: Publisher Peter Edes, translated “Perreault’s Fairy Tales”
Q: Who was Haverhill’s most famous resident, poet, and abolitionist?
A: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 - 1881)
Q: Who was the citizen who owned a mill that made red flannel cloth and who funded the hospital and library for Haverhill’s citizens?
A: Ezekial J.M. Hale (1813 – 1881)
Q: Who was Haverhill’s Betsy Ross?
A: Nancy Buswell, a milliner who made a flag for the Hale Guards (Civil War), made of ribbons. It can be seen at the Buttonwoods Museum. It was at the Battle of Bull Run.
Q: Name the Bradford man who had seven wives. Only the seventh wife outlived him.
A: Nathaniel Thurston, who is buried with six of his seven wives in the old Bradford burying ground.
Q: The 2004 movie We Don't Live Here Anymore is based on two novellas by which former Bradford College professor?
A: Andre Dubus
Q: Name the Haverhill native who won the Congressional Medal of Honor under an assumed name.
A: George L. Day (1817 - 1921) Under the assumed name, John Mapes Adam
Q: Who was the horticulturalist who developed the Bartlett Pear?
A: Enoch Bartlett (1779-1860)
Q: What famous New York store was started in Haverhill?
A: Macy’s Department Store
Q: Who offered the first money-back guarantee in America?
A: Rowland H. Macy
Q: Who was the Haverhill native who invented the electric eye camera in 1936?
A: Harry I. Day
Q: Which former Hillie was American League Comeback Player of the Year and was considered as an AL MVP candidate in 2007. He also was named the Player's Choice AL Comeback Player of the Year by fellow players.
A: Carlos Pena
Q: Who became Miss USA in 1967?
A: Sylvia Hitchcock Carson
Q: Who is the Haverhill born composer who wrote “Manhattan Serenade”?
A: Louis Alter
Q: Who was the Haverhill born surgeon who founded a famous clinic?
A: Dr. Frank Lahey (1880-1953)
Q: Who was the Russian born immigrant who started a theatrical business in Haverhill and became head of MGM Studios in Hollywood, California?
A: Louis B. Mayer
Q: Which graduate of the HHS Class of 1976 wrote the novel House of Sand and Fog (1999) which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the basis for an Academy award-nominated film.
A: Andre Dubus III
Q: Who was the Haverhill born and author horticulturalist and author who had his own television show on gardening?
A: James U. Crockett (1915-1979)
Q: Name the Haverhill author who served as a member of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Brain Trust".
A: Stuart Chase (1888-1985)
Q: Who was the Haverhill born comedian who appeared on television with Jackie Gleason?
A: Frank Fontaine (1920-1978)
Q: Who invented the “burpless baby bottle”, a collapsible, disposable baby bottle in 1959?
A: Inventor Grover Fitzgerald
Q: Who was the 18 year old boy who received the Carnegie Medal for heroism in 1925?
A: Albert Albanese, who attempted to save a 3 year old from the Merrimack River
Q: Who was King George’s representative in Haverhill at the time of the American Revolution?
He was a Tory who remained faithful to the king.
A: Colonel Richard Saltonstall.
Q: Which Haverhill nephew of John Adams had the solemn but noteworthy duty of conveying the 23rd Congress’s condolences to Martha Washington at Mount Vernon upon the death of her husband George Washington and delivered their request that his remains be laid to rest in the city of Washington.
A: William Smith Shaw
Q: Who was the Haverhill born singer called “The Irish Queen”?
A: Maggie Cline Ryan (1857-1934)
Q: Which Haverhill High graduate won his first of two Emmy Awards in 2000 for being host of Hollywood Squares.
A: Tom Bergeron
Q: Who traveled to the South Pole on an expedition with Admiral Byrd?
A: John Dyer.
Q: Who was known as the “bareback horse rider and circus queen”?
A: Helen Gertrude Wilson Swasey or Gert Swasey.
Q: What Haverhill born man became the state senator, speaker of the House of Representatives and later President of the Senate?
A: Leverett Saltonstall.
Q: Who was the first female lawyer in Haverhill?
A Mary Cavan (1885-1935)
Q: Who is considered the “father” of Haverhill’s shoe industry?
A: David How (1758-1842)
Q: Who was the first socialist elected mayor in the United States?
A: John C. Chase, Mayor of Haverhill
Q: Who was the Haverhill architect who designed Winnekenni and several buildings in the Washington Square district?
A: C. Willis Damon (He also designed City Hall, the Elks Home, and Wood, Knipe and Moody Schools)
Q: Who was the first police officer in Haverhill?
A: Thomas Hale, appointed constable in 1648
Q: The Basiliere Bridge crosses the Merrimack River in Bradford. Who was Basiliere?
A: Ralph Basiliere, first Haverhill casualty of the Vietnam War
Q: Name the two Haverhill women who traveled to India as missionaries in the early nineteenth century.
A: Harriet Atwood Newell (1793-1812) and Ann Haseltine Judson (1789-1826)
Q: Who was the Countess?
A: Mary Ingalls of Haverhi
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About the Book
Can you name the oldest street in Haverhill? Do you know what Haverhill-born surgeon went on to open a world-famous health clinic? Local history buffs will tell you the oldest street in the city is Mill Street and that Dr. Frank Lahey founded the Lahey Clinic. Now you, too, can be an expert in Haverhill’s history with Haverhill, Massachusetts Trivia Book.
Originally produced in 1988 by a Haverhill school teacher, this trivia guide has been reorganized and revised with help from Haverhill High School students. It’s filled with fun facts about the city, ranging from historic properties to colorful characters. Trivia questions and answers ranging from the city’s form of government and its geography to education and sports reveal surprising historical tidbits about this New England town.
Also included are updated maps, such as the one showing the city’s original boundaries and a 1795 map of Haverhill. In addition, activity sheets offer a fun way to learn about places like Winnekenni Castle, the old Boston & Maine Railway, and even the joys of local cuisine.
Haverhill, Massachusetts Trivia Book is a great learning tool for young and old alike. It’s time to rediscover your hometown.
About the Author
E. Philip Brown is a history teacher at Haverhill High School. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts–Amherst and a master’s degree from Lesley University. Brown and his wife, Chrisi, have two children and live in Haverhill, Massachusetts
Patricia Garwich is a retired sixth grade teacher from Consentino School in Haverhill, Massachusetts. She moved to Haverhill with her family in 1960. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Lowell State College and a master’s degree from Lowell University.