Joyce Bailey Anderson: 2 books
Princeton, Massachusetts
A History of its Villages
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Nestled at the foot of Wachusett Mountain, Princeton has come a long way since the days when cows outnumbered its citizens. Today, within its small circumference, the town boasts four nationally registered historical districts. With anarray of styles from Colonial to Greek Revival, Richardsonian to Romanesque,...
by Joyce Bailey Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2003
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...