Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
Created | Updated Aug 23, 2014
Location
Fall River is located in southeastern Massachusetts, west of Cape Cod, in an area commonly referred to as the SouthCoast.
Its location is 41:43:03 North Latitude, 071:08:19 West Longitude.
The intersection of Route 24 and Interstate 195 is in Fall River.
Culture
Fall River has a largely Portuguese population. Because of this, a commonly-found meat is chourico*, which is almost (but not quite) entirely unlike hot Italian sausage. It is spicy, but it it doesn't look exactly like other sausages, nor does it taste like other sausages.
There are other cultural influences, such as French-Canadian, in the local food that comes about from the rich history of this area. One can go to bakeries and find meat pie, which is a favorite of this writer.
Bits of History
Around 1898, Fall River had the attention of the nation with the trial of Lizzie Borden. Lizzie Borden was tried for the murder of her father and stepmother, but was aquited because of a technicality. The trial was made famous by the rather gruesome children's rhyme, "Lizzie Borden had an axe/Gave her mother forty whacks/When her Pa saw what she'd done/She gave her father forty one". The Borden House still stands today as (of all things) a Bed-n-Breakfast.
Sights
Fall River is the home of Battleship Cove. It is open for people that are interested in seeing the Battleship USS Massachusetts and several other ships.
Fall river City Hall has an interesting distinction: you can drive beneath it on Interstate 195.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, otherwise known as the MBTA, has re-opened the Old Colony Line of the T (the commuter rail system for Greater Boston) and they are extending it into Fall River. It has been promised for nearly 20 years that this Researcher is aware. Like anything that is promised in this region, it is prudent not to believe the promises until they are finally, and fully realized.
