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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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GLAND 59 chusetts by trolley. Canton, set off in 1797, occupies thesite of one of the Christian Indian villages established bythe Apostle Eliot. Here is the estate of Augusuts Hem-menway, whose gift of the Canton Public Library, whichthe car passes, is a testimonial to his public spirit. Pass-ing the post office, the car soon comes to Cobbs Tav-ern, the junction of two trolley lines. The one running off to the left takes one through WestStoughton to Stoughton, once a part of Dorchester, which gave uppart of its domain to form the town of Canton. The early settlersonce knew these now thriving towns as Mount Hunger Fields, butthere are to-day ample evidences of prosperity on every side. AtStoughton connections are made for Brockton, Randolph, Easton andother points in all sections of the Old Colony. From Cobbs Tavern the car gradually ascendsthrough a most delightful country until Sharon is reached.This town is famed for the charm of its scenery, the purity f te^i^. ~4 ■1 m^ \tSaiL. H
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Houghtons Pond 60 BY TROLLEY THROUGH of its atmosphere and the longevity of its residents. Theoriginal name of the town was Massapoag, and later itwas called Stoughtonham, taking its present Scripturalname in 1765. Its highest land is Moose Hill, whichcommands a fine view off to the right, but it has manyother hills, most of which are wooded with pine and hardwoods. The flora of Sharon is extensive, and its woodviolets are of remarkable size and fragrance. Besidesits millponds there are two lakes, Wolomolopoag (sweetwater) and Massapoag (large water), the latter con-taining 435 acres. The remarkable healthfulness ofSharon is by many attributed to the fact that no waterruns into the town from any other town, while its ownstreams flow directly into several towns. This is becauseSharon is situated on the highlands which form the water-shed between the Neponset River and Narragansett Bay.Massapoag Lake, within a few minutes walk, is a mostbeautiful sheet of water, surrounded by summer res

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