Princeton and Wachusett Mountain

Princeton and Wachusett Mountain

by Joyce Bailey Anderson
Princeton and Wachusett Mountain

Princeton and Wachusett Mountain

by Joyce Bailey Anderson

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Overview

In 1632, after climbing up the face of a boulder near present-day Waltham and facing west toward Neipnett, Gov. John Winthrop sighted Wachusett Mountain rising against the setting sun. However, the idea of a town did not take hold until 1742, when the first settler, Joshua Wilder, arrived from Lancaster and established a tavern. By the mid-1800s, magnificent hotels and guesthouses dotted Princeton's landscape. Princeton and Wachusett Mountain shows the early days of tourism when visitors from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia rode stagecoaches to relax in the shade, play croquet on the common, and breathe country air. The village of East Princeton, meanwhile, flourished differently-chair factories used a fast-moving stream to run machines, and farmers worked the fields. Village life was simple and focused on family and the earth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781439628706
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 06/10/2003
Series: Images of America Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 72 MB
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About the Author

The photographs in Princeton and Wachusett Mountain were compiled from those of individuals and the Princeton Historical Society's collection. Joyce Bailey Anderson, chairperson of the Princeton Historical Commission, brings passion, knowledge, and reverence for history, especially the history of Princeton, to the project.
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