The Natick Theatre was a popular venue to watch silent films and other forms of entertainment during the rapidly changing early twentieth-century.

John “Jack” Starrett, the first person with a physical disability to swim across the English Channel, lived in Natick.

James Earl Arnold (1895-1971) was a Natick Resident and Naval Officer who led forces at Utah Beach on D-Day.

In 1901, folks in South Natick wanted speeches, poetry, and canoe races to celebrate the 4th of July and Natick’s 250th anniversary.

Natick had a beer brewery on the shores of Lake Cochituate for several decades.

Dancing the night away 100 years ago in the Riverside Ballroom in South Natick, and canoe rides on the Charles River.

Meet two of the people associated with Natick’s Fair Housing movement.

After WWII, Natick saw a dramatic increase in population as people moved out of Boston and into the suburbs.

The Natick Fair Housing Practices Committee was founded in 1956 in order to combat discrimination against families of color in Natick’s housing market.

A history of the Charles River dam in South Natick, researched by Wellesley College student Charlotte Diamant.

Shoemaking started in Natick in the 1830s. H. P. Harwood & Sons pioneered the “figure eight” modern baseball in 1858, in the first baseball factory in America. Today Natick is a dynamic retail, research, and computer services center.

The 1925 Boston Marathon made headlines in The Natick Herald.

Olive Augusta Alger Cheney (1833-1916) was a well-known suffragist in Natick, and she became known statewide and nationwide as a champion of the temperance movement and women’s suffrage.

A secret Natick wireless operation on Pegan Hill helped to win World War II.

Dottie Green, catcher for the Rockford Peaches in the AAGPBL, was from right here in Natick.

A picturesque red footbridge and a statue of the Virgin Mary on the Charles River in South Natick are the legacies of Daniel and Louise Sargent. The statue was carved by John H. Benson.

A brief history of Natick town seals, beginning in 1670.

In 1918, Natick and the world worked to combat a deadly outbreak of influenza.