Category: Massachusetts
Not Quite a Pipe Organ
In Springfield, Massachusetts you’ll find a site that resembles a large pipe organ. In fact, that is part of it’s name. But what resembles pipes…
Making Our Own Weapons
When the colonies declared there independence from England, they had to fight a war using guns mostly made in other countries. George Washington set about…
The First Tourist to Where the American Revolution Began
Thousands of tourists come to Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts every year to see the place where the American Revolution began. Who was the first such…
The Munroe Tavern
In Lexington, Massachusetts you’ll find an old tavern with quite a story connected to the first shots of the American Revolution. You can still come…
The Spot Where The Fight for Independence Began
The United States proclaimed its independence on July 4, 1776. It witnessed its first deaths in the fight for freedom on April 19th, 1775. Now,…
A Tavern Older Than the Country
Next to the historic green in Lexington, Massachusetts, you’ll find a tavern that is a few decades older than this country. Perhaps you’ve not heard…
The A.D. Makepeace Farm
It’s hard to imagine a farm growing a crop from vines that are over a century old. But that’s exactly the case here. Some of…
Flooding the Fields
Most farmers want to avoid a flood that drenches their crops. Here, it’s just part of the process to keep the vines growing and getting…
A Place Once Known for Mining Iron
It’s hard to image that a place once known for mining iron would become an area that later was recognized for growing bountiful crops, but…
The First Farmers in America
They were the first farmers in America…growing the crops, fruits and vegetables to sustain their tribe as well as some famous visitors in the fall…
