The Neponset band of the Indigenous
Massachusett Confederation lived
here for generations before the arrival
of Europeans. They hunted in the
surrounding forests, fished in the rivers
and raised extensive fields of corn,
squash, beans and . . . — — Map (db m308564) HM
During World War II hundreds of
workers, many of them women, came to
work at the Plymouth Rubber Company
plant, making rubber products for the
war. They specialized in rubber soles and
heels for soldiers' boots.
The Plymouth Rubber . . . — — Map (db m308566) HM