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Hudson, a south Middlesex County town of more than 18,000 residents situated on the second waterfall of the Assabet River, became a town in 1866. The story of Hudson began in 1698 with the arrival of John Barnes, a settler. Barnes was granted an acre of the Indian Plantation recently added to Marlborough’s acreage. There on the north bank of the Assabet River, he built a grist mill. Later he added a saw mill and bridged the river so that the road might continue to Lancaster. Lancaster, at that time, reached almost to Wood Square. The next 125 years brought slow, steady growth to this section of Marlborough, known as The Mills. Several small industries huddled dose to the mill area, while stretching to the north and east were a number of large farms. In the early years, relations with the Indians were very good, but as more and more land was taken from them by the settlers, they tried to take back their land and drive out the settlers.