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Browsing named entities in a specific section of Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 14.. Search the whole document.
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Mount Winthrop (Washington, United States) (search for this): chapter 34
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 34
Lawrence B. Evans (search for this): chapter 34
Anna D. Hallowell (search for this): chapter 34
Lucretia Mott (search for this): chapter 34
Cradock (search for this): chapter 34
The legend of cheese Rock.
For the Forest Festival, June 7, 1882. In sixteen hundred thirty-one, It was a winter day, When Winthrop, Nowell, Eliot, To northward strolled away. The frozen Mistick flood they crossed, Ere Cradock's mansion stood; O'er swamps and rocky hills they pressed, Through miles of lofty wood. They crossed a lovely ice-bound lake, With islands here and there; ‘spot pond’ they called it, from the rocks That showed their noddles bare. Then up northwestwardly they climbed, A hill well crowned with trees, And hungry there, as well might be, They dined on simple cheese. For, why?
the guv'nor's man in haste, And careless how they fed, His basket loaded with the cheese And quite forgot the bread. This fact so simple and so grand, To us they handed down; ‘cheese Rock’ they named that lovely hill, Those men of high renown. Some smaller men cut off the trees And then they named it ‘Bare’; And when the bushes wildly grew The spelled it ‘B-e-a-r.’ But nat
Anson Titus (search for this): chapter 34
John L. Sewell (search for this): chapter 34
Elsie R. Perkins (search for this): chapter 34
John Winthrop (search for this): chapter 34
The legend of cheese Rock.
For the Forest Festival, June 7, 1882. In sixteen hundred thirty-one, It was a winter day, When Winthrop, Nowell, Eliot, To northward strolled away. The frozen Mistick flood they crossed, Ere Cradock's mansion stood; O'er swamps and rocky hills they pressed, Through miles of lofty wood. They crossed a lovely ice-bound lake, With islands here and there; ‘spot pond’ they called it, from the rocks That showed their noddles bare. Then up northwestwardly they climbed, A hill well crowned with trees, And hungry there, as well might be, They dined on simple cheese. For, why?
the guv'nor's man in haste, And careless how they fed, His basket loaded with the cheese And quite forgot the bread. This fact so simple and so grand, To us they handed down; ‘cheese Rock’ they named that lovely hill, Those men of high renown. Some smaller men cut off the trees And then they named it ‘Bare’; And when the bushes wildly grew The spelled it ‘B-e-a-r.’ But natu