On Eliot Street (Massachusetts Route 16) at Union Street, on the left when traveling north on Eliot Street.
On this site John Eliot helped his Indian converts to build their first meetinghouse in 1651, with a "prophet's chamber" where he lodged on his fortnightly visits to preach to them in their language. His disciple Daniel Takawambait succeeded to . . . — — Map (db m295847) HM
On East Squantum Street north of Lexington Street, on the right when traveling north.
Before colonial times, Native Americans would have seen creeks and wetlands here in Quincy Bay, which provided them with abundant sources of food: shellfish, fish, waterfowl, and migratory birds — even whales. They lived here during spring and . . . — — Map (db m308383) HM
On Roxbury Street east of John Eliot Square, on the right when traveling west.
People have lived in the Roxbury area since the last glaciers melted 14,000 years ago. As the climate warmed, glacial melt flooded rivers and coasts, creating a diverse ecosystem. Forests and waters supported abundant game, fish, and shellfish, as . . . — — Map (db m295836) HM
On Roxbury Street at John Eliot Square, on the right when traveling east on Roxbury Street.
On this hill the Puritans in Roxbury built their first meetinghouse in 1632. The hill was named in 1848 for Reverend John Eliot (1604-1690), the second minister of the First Church in Roxbury. Eliot, known as the ‘Apostle to the Indians’, with the . . . — — Map (db m295839) HM
On Grafton Common at Worcester Street ( Route 140), on the right when traveling east on Grafton Common.
John Eliot established here in 1651 a village of Christian Indians called Hassanamesit - "at a place of small stones." It was the home of James the Printer who helped Eliot to print the Indian Bible. — — Map (db m295848) HM
On Prospect Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Prospect Street.
The Praying Indian village of Okammakemesit, began by famed “missionary to
the Indians” John Eliot, sat atop Prospect Hill.
From 1654 to his death in 1674, Chief Onamog was the village leader. The Superintendent of Indian Affairs wrote of him, . . . — — Map (db m295849) HM
On Roxbury Street at John Eliot Square, on the right when traveling east on Roxbury Street.
On this hill the Puritans in Roxbury built their first meetinghouse in 1632. The hill was named in 1848 for Reverend John Eliot (1604-1690), the second minister of the First Church in Roxbury. Eliot, known as the ‘Apostle to the Indians’, with the . . . — — Map (db m257186) HM
Near Revere Street, on the left when traveling north.
PONKAPOAG
For thousands of years this land has been inhabited
inhabited by the Massachusett Tribe.
Their seat of power was at the nearby mountain called massa-adchu-es-et (now
Great Blue Hill). They called this area Ponkapoag (today Canton, . . . — — Map (db m308307) HM
