Nashoba Brook Pencil Factory Site - Timeline

Timeline

1792 Ebenezer Wood born
1812 William Munroe starts manufacturing pencils
1817 Henry David Thoreau born
1821 Charles Dunbar discovers graphite deposit in New Hampshire
1823 John Thoreau starts working with Dunbar
1830s Wood's mill starts grinding plumbago exclusively for the Thoreau's
1837 Henry David Thoreau returns to Concord from Harvard University
1862 Henry David Thoreau dies
1880 Ebenezer Wood dies
1987 Nashoba Brook Conservation Area opens
1990 Robbins Mill Pond Dam renovated
1999 Jeff LeBlanc builds site kiosk for Eagle Scout project

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