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By G.W.Bartlett, April 4, 2026
First “Town House” Marker
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1 ► Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Weymouth — First “Town House” —
Site of first “Town House” Here in 1852 at the geographical center of Weymouth was built the first “Town House” or Town Hall, later used as a high school. During King Philip’s War in 1675, this was the location nearest to Boston at which settlers . . . — — Map (db m296638) HM
2 ► Rhode Island, Bristol County, Bristol — Mount Hope — Sacred Land of the Pokanokets — A Sowams Heritage Area Site —
Mount Hope (originally Montaup in the Pokanoket language) is a wooded promontory on the eastern shore of Bristol, Rhode Island overlooking the part of Narragansett Bay known as Mount Hope Bay. Before the European settlers arrived in New England, . . . — — Map (db m301431) HM
3 ► Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Canton — Ponkapoag Plantation — 1630 - 1930 —
The north line of Ponkapoag Plantation second of the Apostle Eliot's Praying Indian towns, set apart by the Dorchester Proprietors in 1657. — — Map (db m308384) HM
4 ► Rhode Island, Bristol County, Bristol — In the Miery Swamp — King Philip Fell —
In the 'Miery Swamp,' 100 feet W.S.W. from this spring, according to tradition, King Philip fell, August 12, 1676, O.S. — — Map (db m307142) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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