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 |
Read more about this topic: Nashoba Brook Pencil Factory Site