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Title: By trolley through eastern New England
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Derrah, Robert H., comp
Subjects: New England -- Description and travel Guidebooks
Publisher: Boston, Mass.
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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ont. From Brockton a line runs to New Bedford throughthe most picturesque part of the Commonwealth. This isknown as the Lake Region or as King Philips Country.The ride to the old whaling city takes one through Cam-pello, noted for its market gardens, which produce greatquantities of fine vegetables yearly. The road lies throughan open farming country to West Bridgewater. This wasthe first interior settlement of the Plymouth Colony. A EASTERN NEW ENGLAND 47 good view of the standpipe is had on the left, and the StateFarm may be clearly seen in the foreground. The townof Bridgewater has many shaded streets and fine publicbuildings. The Bridgewater Inn is charmingly located to theleft of the square, and the excellent meals served at a verylow rate have made it a popular place for tourists. The old burying grounds with the quaint in-scriptions on the tombstones never fail to interest thevisitor. From here connections may be made with carsrunning through to Taunton, passing through the old
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Lakeville farming village known as Scotland, and thence past Nip-pennicket Lake, surrounded by cedar forests and cranberrymeadows. King Philip and his warriors, attracted by thegame in this section, had a camp on the border of thelake. There are now two fine parks here which haverecently become popular as summer resorts. Leaving the beautiful square of Bridgewater and pass-ing through a street as beautiful and as well shaded bygiant elms as that of old Deerfield, the car enters theopen country again, passes the old cemetery, crosses theTaunton River, and reaches the little village of Titicut inNorth Middleboro. This is well known as a resort for 48 BY TROLLEY THROUGH sportsmen, who find plenty of game in the woods and fishin the near-by streams. The next village is Middleboro, one of the oldest inthe Commonwealth. It was a part of the Indians domain,and was known as Mamasket. The first rolling mill in thecountry was built in this town by Peter Oliver, one ofthe crown judges of the pro

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