Posts Tagged ‘massachusetts’
Eccentric Literary Landmark- Jackson-Dexter House, Newburyport, MA
Last Updated on Saturday, 6 August 2011 06:11 Written by caddofl Saturday, 6 August 2011 06:11
201 High Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts (Image from Microsoft Bing 8/2011)
This house was built in 1771. This was once the lavish residence
of “Lord” Timothy Dexter. Lord Timothy, Newburyport’s self- titled eccentric,
cluttered his estate with statues of the great, his own included. He beat his wife for not giving vent to
sufficient grief at a mock funeral held for himself. But his “lordship” was far
from crazy. He gained a good portion of his wealth by buying up depreciated
Continental currency. He made a tidy profit out of a cargo of warming-pans
sent, with every appearance of lunacy, to the West Indies, and there snapped up
for molasses ladles. He published in 1802 a book called Pickles for the Knowing Ones, in which all the punctuation appeared
at the end of the book as pages of commas and periods, bearing the unique
caption “Salt and Pepper to Taste.”
[From American Auto Trails-Massachusetts' U.S. Highway 1]
Tags: american history, historic landmark, historic travel, Historical, historical site, history, house, massachusetts, newburyport, road travel, timothy dexter | Posted under Forgotten Landmarks | No Comments
Massachusetts State Historic Sites and Parks
Last Updated on Friday, 21 January 2011 02:15 Written by lyn Friday, 21 January 2011 02:15
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Places to Go: DCR Parks in Massachusetts Start discovering DCR’s Parks today by clicking on the map below; then order a Massachusetts ParksPass to get unlimited day-use parking access to state park facilities. If you know the name of the park you’re interested in, you can also find it through our alphabetical listings page.
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Tags: historic sites, massachusetts, parks, state parks | Posted under We Support | Comments Off
Historical Cities-Boston, Massachusetts
Last Updated on Friday, 2 July 2010 03:42 Written by lyn Friday, 2 July 2010 02:53
This guide contains historical sites and landmarks for the city of Boston, as well as the adjacent Cambridge, Back Bay, and Charlestown areas. In all, close to 90 sites are listed within this guide, along with detailed maps to assist in locating them. At the back of the guide is a table of the historic sites with their respective GPS coordinates. For more historical sites in Massachusetts, consider purchasing our Massachusetts U.S. 20 or Massachusetts U.S. 1 guides from our American Auto Trails series.
Available for the Amazon Kindle below:
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Tags: American, Auto Trails, boston, historic guide, historic landmark, Historical, kindle, massachusetts, road travel, Trails | Posted under Digital Formats for eBooks, New Trails | Comments Off
Slow Travels-Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 June 2010 06:38 Written by lyn Monday, 31 May 2010 03:03
This edition of the Slow Travels series explores America’s history along U.S. Highways in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. U.S. Highway 1, the route of the early Boston Post Road, hosts the traveler from the New Hampshire State Line to New York. U.S. Highway 5 travels the Connecticut River Valley through Springfield and Hartford on its way to the Long Island Sound at New Haven. U.S. Highway 20 explores the expanse of Massachusetts, from Boston to Pittsfield and the New York Line. Finally, U.S. Highway 44 travels across northern Connecticut from the Rhode Island Line to New York. Detailed lists of historic sites and landmarks along these highways, as well as the cities of Boston, Providence, Newport, Hartford, and New Haven, are provided. Also included are GPS listings for the more adventurous and tech savvy.
Tags: connecticut, historic travel, kindle, massachusetts, rhode island, road travel, Slow Travels, travel guide | Posted under Slow Travels | Comments Off