When the Pilgrims Rescued Squanto
On August 14, 1621, Plymouth colonists embarked on a rescue mission to save Squanto after he had been taken prisoner by a sachem named Corbitant at the nearby village of… Read more »
On August 14, 1621, Plymouth colonists embarked on a rescue mission to save Squanto after he had been taken prisoner by a sachem named Corbitant at the nearby village of… Read more »
Squanto was a Native-American from the Patuxet tribe who taught the pilgrims of Plymouth colony how to survive in New England. Squanto was able to communicate with the pilgrims because… Read more »
Danvers State Hospital was one of many hospitals built in Massachusetts during the industrial revolution. Danvers State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital built in 1874 on Hathorne Hill, where the… Read more »
In October of 2008, a local historian determined four gravestones that had been propped up against a tree in Lakeville for many years came from an unknown location. After a… Read more »
In 1863, after John Wilkes Booth made a small fortune as a popular stage actor, he bought property in the newly created Back Bay neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts intending to… Read more »