Massachusetts: Massachusetts Bay Colony—Tercentenary Commission Markers
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWD3_third-cliff_Scituate-MA.html
The first plantations at "Satuit" were laid out by the Men of Kent before 1628 on this cliff, which was then much more extensive.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWD5_indian-reservation_Grafton-MA.html
These four and one-half acres have never belonged to the white man, having been set aside in 1728 as an Indian Reservation by the forty proprietors who purchased the Praying Indian town of Hassanamesit.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWD6_clara-bartons-birthplace_Oxford-MA.html
One mile westward Clara Barton, "the angel of the battlefield," was born in 1821. A volunteer nurse in the Civil War, she served the International Red Cross in the Franco-Prussian War, founded the American Red Cross and served as its president for 23 years.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWD7_tantiusques_Sturbridge-MA.html
The graphite or blacklead deposit near by was valued by the Indians for face paint, and by the white men for pencils and other uses. John Winthrop, Jr., was "granted the hill at Tantousq" in 1644, and began to exploit the mine in 1658.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWD8_first-mill_Worcester-MA.html
A few rods east stood the house and mill of John Wing built in 1684. This was the only house left standing after the breaking of the second settlement of Worcester.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWD9_wigwam-hill_Worcester-MA.html
One mile north on Wigwam Hill was one of the three Indian villages on Worcester ground. The heirs of Sagamore Pennasanet sold their rights to Captains Gookin, Henchman and Prentice on December 6, 1677.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWDA_worcester_Worcester-MA.html
The first settlement of this lonely region called Quinsigamond was attempted in 1673, but abandoned during King Philip's War. A second settlement, attempted in 1684, soon named Worcester, was also temporarily abandoned because of Indian hostility. Permanent…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWDB_worcester_Worcester-MA.html
The first settlement of this lonely region called Quinsigamond was attempted in 1673, but abandoned during King Philip's War. A second settlement, attempted in 1684, soon named Worcester, was also temporarily abandoned because of Indian hostility. Permanent…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWDC_worcester_Worcester-MA.html
The first settlement of this lonely region called Quinsigamond was attempted in 1673, but abandoned during King Philip's War. A second settlement, attempted in 1684, soon named Worcester, was also temporarily abandoned because of Indian hostility. Permanent…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWDX_lynn_Lynn-MA.html
The Indian region called Saugus, settled 1629 by people from the Puritan colony at Salem, named for Lynn Regis in England, 1637. First place in North America to make boots and shoes for export.