Fall River is a city in Massachusetts on the south seacoast. Fall River has the highest percentage over 40% of Portuguese of any city in the country; most are of Azorean descent. Fall River was the largest cotton textile manufacturing area in the late 1800s AKA Spindle City. Many of the old brick buildings now lie vacant, have been renovated into stores such as the Burlington Coat Factory, and others on Quequechan Street, while others have burned one in 1983 or the Kerr Mill fire in 1986 as well as been torn down. In and about the areas around these mills the streets, once cobblestone have been paved however near the center of the city end of Plymouth Ave you may catch a glimpse of the past after a bad winter when the pavement is broken up. In fact that area was paved over including the trolley tracks about 20 yrs ago. Fall River is also the home of the historical Lizzie Borden trial, as well as the hometown of famous chef, Emeril Lagasse.
