A Visitor's Guide to Colonial & Revolutionary New England Interesting Sites to Visit, Lodging, Dining, Things to Do

by Foulke, Robert; Foulke, Patricia

• ISBN13: 9780881509694
• ISBN10: 0881509698
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-04
• Publisher: Countryman Press

Summary

In a totally updated and revised second edition of their historically insightful survey of Revolutionary New England, Patricia and Robert Foulke have scrupulously retraced their tracks to offer even more anecdotes, legends, and quotes on the countless battlefields and reenactments, historic homes and buildings, and living-history museums that help give this region its almost mythic appeal. Also brought up to date are recommendations for places to stay and eat and a calendar of events, from the reenactment of the Battle of the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA, to a Thanksgiving feast at Plimouth Plantation. There's early American history in New England at virtually every turn, and the Foulkes are your guides to it all.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 8
Introduction	p. 9
Massachusetts	p. 13
Historical Introduction to the Massachusetts Colony	p. 14
Southern Massachusetts	p. 28
New Bedford	p. 30
Cape Cod and the Islands	p. 31
Bourne	p. 32
Falmouth	p. 33
Mashpee	p. 37
Chatham	p. 37
Orleans	p. 38
Eastham	p. 38
Wellfleet	p. 39
Provincetown	p. 40
Old King's Highway	p. 41
Brewster	p. 41
Dennis	p. 42
Yarmouth	p. 42
Barnstable	p. 44
East Sandwich	p. 44
Sandwich	p. 45
Martha's Vineyard	p. 47
Edgartown	p. 49
Nantucket	p. 50
Plymouth and the South Shore	p. 54
Plymouth	p. 54
The South Shore	p. 63
Kingston	p. 63
Duxbury	p. 64
Marshfield	p. 65
Scituate	p. 65
Cohasset	p. 68
Hingham	p. 69
Weymouth	p. 71
Quincy	p. 71
Mansfield	p. 75
Boston, Cambridge, Lexington, Concord	p. 75
Boston	p. 75
Cambridge	p. 84
Lexington and Concord	p. 88
Saugus	p. 94
Salem and the North Shore	p. 94
Salem	p. 95
Marblehead	p. 101
Beverly	p. 103
Gloucester	p. 104
Rockport	p. 106
Essex	p. 107
Ipswich	p. 107
Newburyport	p. 108
Central Massachusetts	p. 109
Northampton	p. 110
Deerfield	p. 111
Sturbridge	p. 113
The Berkshires	p. 114
Williamstown	p. 115
Pittsfield	p. 115
Stockbridge	p. 117
Great Barrington	p. 119
Sheffield	p. 119
Connecticut	p. 121
Historical Introduction to the Connecticut Colony	p. 122
Connecticut River Valley	p. 128
Hartford	p. 128
West Hartford	p. 133
Farmington	p. 134
Simsbury	p. 135
Granby	p. 135
East Granby	p. 136
Bloomfield	p. 137
Windsor	p. 138
Windsor Locks	p. 139
Enfield	p. 140
Wethersfield	p. 140
Glastonbury	p. 142
East Hartford	p. 142
Manchester	p. 142
Coventry	p. 143
Southeastern Connecticut	p. 144
New London	p. 144
Groton	p. 145
Mystic	p. 146
Stonington	p. 149
Mashantucket	p. 150
Norwich	p. 150
Lebanon	p. 151
Old Lyme	p. 153
Old Saybrook	p. 153
Essex	p. 154
Ivoryton	p. 155
Clinton	p. 156
Madison	p. 156
Guilford	p. 157
Southwestern Connecticut	p. 159
New Haven	p. 159
Stratford	p. 162
Darien	p. 162
New Canaan	p. 162
Stamford	p. 163
Greenwich	p. 163
Northwestern Connecticut	p. 164
Litchfield	p. 164
Sharon	p. 165
Salisbury	p. 166
Lakeville	p. 166
Kent	p. 167
Washington	p. 167
Bethlehem	p. 168
Terryville	p. 168
Bristol	p. 169
New Milford	p. 169
Woodbury	p. 169
Newtown	p. 170
Ridgefield	p. 171
Rhode Island	p. 172
Historical Introduction to the Rhode Island Colony	p. 173
Providence and West Bay	p. 181
Providence	p. 183
Warwick	p. 189
East Bay	p. 191
Warren	p. 191
Bristol	p. 192
Newport County	p. 195
Tiverton	p. 196
Little Compton	p. 196
Adamsville	p. 197
Portsmouth	p. 197
Middletown	p. 198
Newport	p. 199
Jamestown	p. 208
South County	p. 209
Wickford	p. 209
Saunderstown	p. 210
South Kingstown	p. 211
Block Island	p. 213
New Hampshire	p. 215
Historical Introduction to the New Hampshire Colony	p. 216
Coastal Region	p. 222
Portsmouth	p. 222
New Castle	p. 229
Durham	p. 230
Dover	p. 230
Exeter	p. 231
Merrimack River Valley	p. 232
Concord	p. 232
Canterbury	p. 234
Lakes Region	p. 234
Lake Winnipesaukee	p. 234
Meredith	p. 235
Wolfeboro	p. 235
White Mountains	p. 236
Mount Washington	p. 237
Bartlett	p. 237
Jackson	p. 237
Pinkham Notch	p. 238
Gorham	p. 239
Shelburne	p. 239
Jefferson	p. 239
Whitefield	p. 240
Littleton	p. 240
Bethlehem	p. 240
Sugar Hill and Franconia	p. 240
Bretton Woods	p. 241
Western New Hampshire	p. 242
Keene	p. 242
Walpole	p. 243
Charlestown	p. 244
Hanover	p. 245
Enfield	p. 246
Orford	p. 246
Maine	p. 247
Historical Introduction to the Maine Colony	p. 248
Southern Coast	p. 254
Kittery	p. 254
York	p. 256
Ogunquit and Wells	p. 260
South Berwick	p. 260
Kennebunkport	p. 261
Greater Portland and Casco Bay	p. 262
Portland	p. 263
Freeport	p. 266
Midcoast	p. 267
Bath	p. 267
Phippsburg	p. 269
The Arnold Trail	p. 270
Wiscasset	p. 271
Damariscotta and Newcastle	p. 272
Pemaquid Point	p. 273
Waldoboro	p. 274
Thomaston	p. 275
Camden	p. 275
Searsport	p. 276
Down East and Acadia	p. 276
Castine	p. 276
Blue Hill	p. 278
Mount Desert Island	p. 278
Machias	p. 280
Mountains and Lakes	p. 281
New Gloucester	p. 281
Kennebec Valley	p. 282
Augusta	p. 282
Winslow	p. 284
Hallowell	p. 284
Vermont	p. 285
Historical Introduction to Vermont	p. 286
Champlain Region	p. 293
Isle La Motte	p. 293
Grand Isle	p. 294
Burlington	p. 295
Shelburne	p. 297
Cambridge	p. 298
Smugglers' Notch	p. 299
Central Vermont	p. 300
Vergennes	p. 300
Ferrisburgh	p. 301
Addison	p. 302
Waitsfield and Warren	p. 302
Middlebury	p. 303
Shoreham	p. 304
Orwell	p. 304
East Hubbard ton	p. 304
Castleton	p. 305
Woodstock	p. 305
Windsor	p. 306
Quechee	p. 307
Springfield	p. 308
Chester	p. 308
Southern Vermont	p. 308
Rockingham	p. 309
Grafton	p. 309
Dorset	p. 310
Manchester	p. 310
Arlington	p. 311
Brattleboro	p. 311
Bennington	p. 312
Resources	p. 315
Index	p. 318
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