2024-03-03 19:21
Boxford is a historic town in Massachusetts. It was settled by Massachusetts Bay colonists in the 17th century. The following is a timeline of the history of Boxford: 1645: 1652:... Read mor… Read More
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2024-02-16 16:25
The Topsfield Fair is an annual fair held in Topsfield, Massachusetts and is the oldest county fair in America. It was established by the Essex Agricultural Society as a way... Read more &ra&hell…Read More
2024-02-02 16:36
Topsfield is a historic town in Massachusetts. It was first inhabited by the Agawam Tribe before being purchased from the tribe by the Massachusetts Bay Company and settled as part... Read m… Read More
2023-11-30 15:49
Ye Olde Pepper Companie, also known as the Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie, is a candy company in Salem, Mass that is the oldest candy company in America. The company... Read more » Read More
2023-11-11 15:55
Plymouth Rock is a historic granite boulder on Water Street in Plymouth, Mass that is believed to be the spot where the Mayflower pilgrims landed in 1620. The rock is... Read more » Read More
2023-10-28 15:08
John Adams was an iconic figure of the American Revolution and the second President of the United States. It took many years before any good books about John Adams were... Read more » Read More
2023-10-22 17:21
The Ames Building is a historic 13-story building, located at 1 Court Street, that became Boston’s first skyscraper when it was constructed in 1893. Not only is it the oldest... Read m… Read More
2023-10-14 17:40
As famous as Paul Revere is as a Revolutionary icon, there are surprisingly few books about him. Revere first became famous after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published his poem about him… Read More
2023-09-29 18:32
Boston is a city rich in history and there are many books documenting this history. With more than four centuries of history, there is plenty to write about and these... Read more » Read More
2023-09-16 15:38
King Philip’s War was a brutal war between the English colonists and the Native Americans in the late 17th century. As a lesser known conflict, not a lot of books... Read more » Read More
2023-08-27 17:43
The Boston Tea Party was an organized political protest that took place in Boston in 1773 that became a pivotal moment in the American Revolution. A number of books have... Read more » Read More
2023-08-13 18:07
Rockport is a historic town in Massachusetts. Originally inhabited by Agawam Indians, it was later settled by Massachusetts Bay colonists in the late 17th century as a fishing village. The… Read More
2023-07-28 21:40
As convicted witches, the Salem Witch Trials victims were not allowed a Christian burial in consecrated ground. As a result, it is not known where they were buried. After each... Read more … Read More
2023-07-07 19:30
It is a common misconception that the people convicted of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials were burned at the stake. The convicted Salem witches were hanged by the neck... Read more… Read More
2023-06-30 18:42
The primary sources of the Boston Tea Party offer a firsthand account of the events of this important historical event. These sources include newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries and more… Read More
2023-06-03 15:33
The primary sources of King Philip’s War offer a firsthand account of the events of this complicated war between the English colonists and the Native Americans of New England in... Rea… Read More
2023-05-06 15:25
King Philip’s War was a war between the English colonists and the Native Americans in New England in the late 17th century. It was a brief but deadly war with... Read more » Read More
2023-04-15 16:21
Edward “Ned” Low was an English-born pirate who later moved to Boston, Mass in his youth. Low was born into poverty in Westminster, London in 1690 and later became a... Read more… Read More
2023-04-08 16:39
Philip Ashton Jr was a fisherman from Marblehead who was captured by pirates off the coast of Nova Scotia and later escaped on a remote island in the Caribbean where... Read more » Read More
2023-04-01 15:39
Marblehead is a historic town in Massachusetts. It was first inhabited by the Naumkeag tribe before being settled as a fishing village by the Massachusetts Bay colonists in the 17th... Read… Read More
2023-03-26 17:06
Amesbury is a historic town in Massachusetts. Located in Essex County, Amesbury was settled as a part of Salisbury in the early 17th century but officially separated and was incorporated… Read More
2023-03-11 16:46
Peabody is a historic town in Massachusetts. Located in Essex county, Peabody was originally a part of Salem before being incorporated as its own town in the 18th century. The... Read more … Read More
2023-02-11 16:57
Beverly is a historic town located in Essex County in Massachusetts. Beverly was once a part of Salem but later separated from it in the mid 17th-century when it was... Read more » Read More
2023-01-28 15:47
The Charles River is an 83-mile-long river in Massachusetts that flows northeast from Hopkington to Boston Harbor. The river follows a meandering, winding course which is the result of the… Read More
2023-01-21 15:43
The primary sources on the Boston Massacre offer a unique perspective on the events of that historic day. These sources include news articles, pamphlets, diaries, official reports and trial… Read More
2023-01-07 18:00
Rowley is a historic town in Essex County in Massachusetts that was settled by English colonists in the early 17th century. The following is an overview of the history of... Read more »&hell…Read More
2022-12-17 16:05
Have you ever wondered why the Boston Massacre is called a massacre? Although the British never called the event by that name, Boston leaders immediately began calling it a “massacre&r&hell…Read More
2022-12-03 16:04
The Boston Tea Party was a pivotal moment in the American Revolution and the British reacted to it with shock. The day after the Boston Tea Party, John Adams speculated... Read more » Read More
2022-11-12 15:32
William Stoughton was a colonial magistrate for the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Chief Magistrate of Court of Oyer and Terminer during the Salem Witch Trials. Early Life: William Stought… Read More
2022-10-23 16:35
Built in 1771, the Timothy Dexter House, which is also known as the Jackson-Dexter House, is a historic Federal-style mansion at 201 High Street in Newburyport, Mass. The house is... Read mo… Read More
2022-10-16 17:56
Plum Island is a barrier island near Newburyport, Massachusetts. It was first settled in the early 17th century and was shared by the towns of Newbury, Rowley and Ipswich, Massachusetts… Read More
2022-10-09 17:09
Newbury is a historic town in Essex County, Massachusetts. It was settled by members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early 17th century. The town contains the villages of... Read more… Read More
2022-10-01 15:00
Newburyport is a historic town in Essex County in Massachusetts. It was originally occupied by the Penacook tribe before being settled by English colonists in the early 17th century. The… Read More
2022-09-03 15:20
Boston, Massachusetts has a rich maritime history that includes pirates and privateers. In fact, Boston had a reputation for being a pirate hot spot in the 17th and 18th centuries.... Read m… Read More
2022-08-21 15:56
Philip English was a wealthy businessman from Salem who was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Philip English’s original name was Philippe d’Anglois and… Read More
2022-07-31 17:59
Massachusetts is home to many stories of lost and buried treasure. From buried pirate treasure to lost war loot there are legends of lost treasure all over the state. The... Read more »&hell…Read More
2022-07-24 14:36
Samuel Sewall was a judge in the Salem Witch Trials and the only judge to apologize for his role in the trials. Sewall was born in Bishopstoke, England on March... Read more » Read More
2022-07-10 17:05
Bartholomew Gedney was one of the judges during the Salem Witch Trials. Gedney was also a physician, town selectman, ship carpenter, merchant and a colonel in the Essex County militia.... Re… Read More
2022-06-26 19:07
George Corwin was the high sheriff of Essex County during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. He was the nephew of Judge Jonathan Corwin and Judge Wait Winthrop and the... Read more » Read More
2022-06-12 17:46
Ring’s Island is a peninsula in Salisbury, Massachusetts located near the mouth of the Merrimack River. On March 26, 1642, two acres of Ring’s Island was granted to colonist Robe… Read More
2022-05-23 13:29
Salem, Mass is a historic town with many historic sites. The city’s history spans centuries and visiting these historic sites is a great way to experience Salem’s history first h… Read More
2022-05-15 15:53
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church is a historic church in Salem and was the first Anglican church in the city. It is built on land donated in 1733 by local merchant... Read more » Read More
2022-04-17 15:44
East India Marine Hall is a museum building in Salem, Mass constructed by the East India Marine Society in 1825. The hall was constructed to house the society’s collection of... Read m… Read More
2022-04-03 18:39
Built around 1727, the Ropes Mansion is a historic Georgian-style mansion in Salem, Mass. The house is a 2 and ½ story building with a wood clapboard exterior and a... Read more &raqu&hell…Read More
2022-03-13 16:27
Pioneer Village, also known as Salem 1630: Pioneer Village, is a living history museum that depicts life in Salem in the 17th century. The museum, which is owned by the... Read more » Read More
2022-03-06 17:40
Salem Willows is a historic district in Salem, Massachusetts and is home to Salem Willows Park. The district spans 100 acres and is located on Salem Neck, a peninsula in... Read more » Read More
2022-02-08 15:58
The Great Salem Fire of 1914 was a large fire that took place in Salem, Massachusetts on June 25, 1914. The fire killed three people and injured 60 people. In... Read more »
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2022-01-17 18:57
Winter Island is an island connected by a causeway to Salem Neck in Salem, Massachusetts. The island is 38 acres in size, is ½ mile long and is located on... Read more »
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2022-01-03 16:56
Fort Lee is a historic military fort on Salem Neck, which is a peninsula in the northeastern section of Salem, Massachusetts. The fort is a located on a high point... Read more »
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2021-12-11 20:09
Fort Pickering is a historic military fort on Winter Island in Salem, Mass. It is one of two forts built in Salem, the other being Fort Lee on Salem Neck.... Read more »
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2021-12-05 16:28
The Joshua Ward House is a historic house on Washington Street in Salem, Mass. Built between 1784 and 1787, the house is a three-story Federal-style brick mansion constructed for local... Re… Read More
2021-10-24 16:55
Danvers is a historic town in Massachusetts. Located in Essex county, Danvers was originally a part of Salem when it was settled in the 17th century. Known as Salem Village,... Read more &ra&hell…Read More
2021-10-03 16:31
Salem Village was a farming community on the northern edge of Salem Town during the 17th century. It is famous for being the place where the Salem Witch Trials first... Read more »
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2021-09-26 17:47
Lexington, Massachusetts is a historic town in Middlesex county. First settled in the early 17th century as a part of Cambridge, Lexington was eventually incorporated as a town in the... Rea… Read More
2021-09-12 15:09
Fall River is a historic town in Massachusetts. Settled in the 17th century, it eventually became a booming mill town in the 19th century and is most famous for being... Read more »
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2021-09-04 17:01
Built sometime around 1660, the Pickering house is the oldest house in Salem, Massachusetts to be continuously occupied by one family. The house was built by John Pickering Jr, a... Read mor… Read More
2021-08-28 18:00
High Rock Tower is a historic tower located on High Rock Tower Reservation in Lynn, Massachusetts. The structure is an 85-foot-tall tower built on top of an outcrop of porphyry... Read more… Read More
2021-08-21 18:07
Established in 1850, the Pine Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Lynn, Massachusetts. The cemetery is approximately 250 acres in size and has over 80,000 headstones, monuments, mausole… Read More
2021-08-14 15:54
Established in 1807, the Greenlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts. The cemetery is about 100 acres in size, making it the largest cemetery in Salem, and has... Read… Read More
2021-08-06 19:27
Established in 1655, Broad Street Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery in Salem, Mass. The cemetery is 2.69 acres in size with approximately 684 headstones. The oldest headstone is from… Read More
2021-07-26 15:04
The Salem Witch Jail, also known as the Essex County Jail, was a county jail where some of the accused witches were kept during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692.... Read more »
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2021-07-18 15:31
Salem Common is a historic city park in Salem, Massachusetts. The park was once a hilly, swampy area about nine acres in size that was home to five ponds and... Read more »
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2021-07-05 19:04
The old Salem jail, also known as the Essex County Jail, is a historic jail in Salem, Massachusetts located next to the Howard Street Cemetery. The jail was built between... Read more »&hell…Read More
2021-06-27 15:46
Built in 1816, Old Town Hall is a historic building located in Derby Square in Salem, Massachusetts that served as a town hall and marketplace. The building is a two-story... Read more &raqu&hell…Read More
2021-06-13 16:45
Watertown is one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts. It was first settled by members of the Winthrop fleet in the summer of 1630 before being incorporated into the Massachusetts... Read mo… Read More
2021-06-07 14:49
Dungeon Rock is a historic rock formation in Lynn, Massachusetts that features a cave where a pirate was reportedly buried alive with his treasure during an earthquake in 1658. The... Read m… Read More
2021-05-30 16:14
Originally known as Newtown, Cambridge is one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts. First settled in 1630 by Thomas Dudley, who wanted to make Newtown the capital of the Massachusetts... Rea… Read More
2021-05-16 21:00
Originally known as Saugus, Lynn is one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts. First settled in 1629, the town was incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony only a few years... Read more… Read More
2021-04-29 14:56
Originally known as Nantasket, Hull is a historic town on Cape Cod and is one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts. The following is a timeline of the history of... Read more »
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2021-04-25 15:59
Weymouth is the second oldest town in Massachusetts. It was first inhabited by natives from the Massachusetts tribe before being settled by English colonists and then abandoned in the early… Read More
2021-04-11 16:00
Many of the oldest bars in Boston date back to the 18th and 19th centuries. They were frequented by various historical figures and served as a backdrop to many historic... Read more »… Read More
2021-04-04 18:46
Established in 1630, King’s Chapel Burying Ground is the oldest cemetery in Boston. The burial ground is 0.44 acres and 19,200 square feet in size and contains over 1,800 grave... Read… Read More
2021-03-28 18:35
Boston has many historic sites which includes some of its oldest restaurants. The majority of these restaurants were established in the 19th century when restaurants first became popular. Th… Read More
2021-03-20 21:11
Massachusetts has many historic cemeteries. Not surprisingly, some of the oldest cemeteries in Massachusetts happen to be located in some of the oldest towns in the state. Most of these... R… Read More
2021-03-14 16:04
Among the many historic towns in Massachusetts are a handful of ghost towns. These towns were abandoned either decades or centuries ago for a variety of reasons. Someone of these... Read mor… Read More
2021-03-05 17:26
Boston is a historic town with many old buildings and historic sites. The town was settled in the 17th century and many of its oldest buildings were constructed during that... Read more &raq&hell…Read More
2021-02-23 18:29
Massachusetts is home to many historic towns and historic sites. The oldest towns in Massachusetts date back to the early 17th century and were settled during the Great Puritan Migration… Read More
2021-02-12 17:14
Burial Hill is a historic cemetery in Plymouth, Mass. The cemetery is the second oldest cemetery in Plymouth and was established sometime in the 17th century, possibly around 1679. The... Re… Read More
2021-02-06 15:58
Roger Conant was the founder of Salem and became one of the first governors of Massachusetts when he took over a fishing settlement in Gloucester in 1625. Conant is often... Read more »&hell…Read More
2021-01-23 19:53
The Hawthorne Hotel is a historic hotel in Salem, Massachusetts named after local author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The hotel is a six-story Colonial Revival-style building that was first construc… Read More
2021-01-18 21:24
Ipswich is a charming and historic town in Massachusetts. It is home to the largest number of historic houses in America and has the oldest double-arch stone bridge in America.... Read more… Read More
2021-01-07 19:11
Boston is the capital city of Massachusetts. Boston became the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 17th century and has remained the capital ever since. When the Massachusetts… Read More
2020-12-19 16:24
Established in 1801, Howard Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Salem, Mass. The cemetery is 2.5 acres in size with 1,100 headstones and is located next to the old... Read more »… Read More
2020-12-13 16:23
Established in 1637, the Old Burying Point Cemetery, also known as the Charter Street Cemetery, is the oldest cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts. It is one of eight historic cemeteries in... R… Read More
2020-12-06 15:58
Salem, Massachusetts is a historic town with a handful of historic cemeteries. The city has a total of five public cemeteries and three private cemeteries, most of which were established… Read More
2020-11-28 20:53
The Salem Heritage Trail is a walking trail that leads to the many historic sites and tourist attractions in the Salem, Mass. The Salem Heritage Trail is a red line... Read more »
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2020-11-22 16:53
Salem, Massachusetts is a small, historic town with a handful of historic hotels. Although this little city doesn’t have as many historic hotels as a big city like Boston does,... Read… Read More
2020-11-15 18:29
Salem is a historic town in Massachusetts. The area was home to native people for thousands of years before being settled by the Massachusetts Bay colonists in the 17th century.... Read more… Read More
2020-11-01 19:11
Psychiatric hospitals and asylums are primarily an invention of the 19th century and are now a relic of it as well. Most asylums built in the 19th century have since... Read more »
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2020-10-25 18:44
Gloucester is a historic town in Massachusetts. The Cape Ann peninsula where Gloucester is located was created by glaciers about 21,000 years ago and the area has been inhabited by... Read m… Read More
2020-10-18 18:45
Boston is famous for its history. The city’s geological features were carved by glaciers over 20,000 years ago and it has been occupied by humans for more than 12,000 years.... Read mo… Read More
2020-10-17 18:21
The Boston Massacre was an event that occurred in Boston during the American Revolution. It took place on the evening of March 5, 1770 during a protest in front of... Read more »
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2020-09-27 17:51
The Boston Tea Party was a protest that took place in Boston during the American Revolution. The protest was against the Tea Act of 1773. It was a significant event... Read more »
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2020-09-20 16:08
Squanto was a Native-American who helped the Mayflower pilgrims survive their first year at Plymouth Colony. Squanto was a member of the Patuxet tribe and was born in a village... Read more… Read More
2020-09-13 16:00
Many new and innovated inventions were created during the Industrial Revolution. These inventions helped further spur the industrial revolution and improved farming, manufacturing, transport… Read More
2020-09-01 22:18
Massachusetts is home to many historic sites and historic houses, including a number of castles. These castles were mostly built during the 19th century and the early 20th century and... Rea… Read More
2020-08-22 19:11
Massachusetts has many beautiful and historic homes. From first period houses to Federal-style and Victorian houses, there’s a wide range of history associated with these houses. Some… Read More
2020-08-08 18:49
Lowell is a historic Massachusetts city located on the Merrimack River in Middlesex county about 30 miles north of Boston. Incorporated in the 19th century, Lowell was a mill town... Read mo… Read More
2020-08-02 15:29
Massachusetts is full of historic towns and cities. Many were settled by puritans in the 17th century while others either separated from existing towns at a later date or were... Read more … Read More
2020-07-15 20:50
Captain John Smith was an English explorer who helped settle the colony of Jamestown and also explored New England in 1614 with plans to colonize the region. He lived a... Read more » Read More
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