: Pilgrim Guide Book to Plymouth Massachusetts With a Brief Outline of the Pilgrim Migration and Settlement at Plymouth by Atwood William Franklin - Plymouth (Mass.) Guidebooks

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Page Brewster Garden 33 Brewster Spring 34 Burial Hill 16 Old Fort 18 Grave of William Bradford 21 Site of Watch Tower 17 Old Graves 19 Cole's Hill 40 Court House 6 Edward Winslow House 44 Harlow House 61 Howland House 59 Industries 6 Kendall Holmes House 62 Leyden Street 32 Massasoit Statue 43 Mayflower Passengers 65 Major John Bradford House 7 Memorial Fountain 40 Memorial Seat 42 Morton Park 57 National Monument to Forefathers 9 Old Colony Club 5 Pilgrim Hall 49 Pilgrim Maiden 34 Pilgrim Society 55 Plimoth Plantation 13 Plymouth Rock 37 Plymouth Memorial Building 6 Postoffice 6 Registry of Deeds 47 Sarcophagus 41 Sandwich Street 60 Sparrow House 57 Standish Guards 6 Summer Street 57 Tabitha Plasket House 48 Training Green 60 The Compact 70 Town Square and Churches 29 Town Brook 32 Watson's Hill 56

PLYMOUTH--THE TOWN

The Town of Plymouth, made famous as the permanent settlement of the Pilgrims, is the county seat of Plymouth County in southeastern Massachusetts. It is 37 miles southeast of Boston and is reached by rail, and by Routes north via the Old Colony Division of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., and by automobile over routes No. 3 and No. 3A. It overlooks Cape Cod Bay and a well protected harbor. Its year 'round population is approximately 14,000. It has an area of 108 square miles, the largest in the State.

In addition to its historical association and its old records, among which one may browse at pleasure, the town has a fine public school system, public library, many churches, an excellent water system, several banks and theatres, an adequate fire and police department, a modernized hospital and high quality of public service. There are fine bathing beaches and recreational centers, hotels and accommodation for tourists.

Fraternal organizations are numerous. The Old Colony Club, organized 1769, the oldest social organization in America, is located on Court Street, opposite the Court House. Other active societies are the Plymouth Woman's Club, the Plymouth Antiquarian Society, the Cordage Men's Club, the Plymouth Country Club, the Girls' Club, the Boys' Club, the New Century Club, and the Manomet Village Club.

The Plymouth County Court House occupies a commanding position facing Court Street with the Registry of Deeds near at hand on North Russell Street and easily accessible to visitors. A new Federal Post Office Building stands at the historic corner of Leyden and Main Streets. A commodious armory on Court Street accommodates the National Guard. At one time this building was the headquarters of the Standish Guards, the local militia company organized and chartered in 1818.

Opposite the armory is Plymouth's Memorial Building, dedicated in 1926 to the men of Plymouth who served in all the wars in which the country has been engaged. It has a large hall with a seating capacity of 2000 and was built at a cost of 0,000. This building is a few steps north of Pilgrim Hall, that sacred depository of Pilgrimiana, a mecca for modern day Pilgrims, visited every year by thousands from the world over.

The town has diversified industries. Its mills and factories are devoted principally to the production of high grade woolens, cordage, tacks and rivets, and zinc products.

Over 300 ponds of sparkling clear water lie within the town's boundaries, and these together with its woodlands offer almost unlimited facilities for hunting and fishing, while salt water fishing is equally available.

Yes, Plymouth has much to offer as a place for permanent residence and as a summer resort.

Approaching Plymouth from the north and passing through Kingston, it is both convenient and of interest to visit the Major John Bradford House. This house stands on a knoll on Landing Road overlooking Jones River and the marshes. It was built in 1674 by Major John Bradford, son of Major William Bradford, Deputy Governor and Grandson of Governor William Bradford.

During the King Philip War this house was partially burned while Major Bradford was moving his family to a place of safety. Upon his return Indians were seen surrounding the house, one of whom the Major shot while he was in the act of warning his comrades of the approach of the whites. This Indian, while wounded, crawled behind a fallen tree and some years later told Major Bradford of the circumstances of his escape, showing at the same time the bullet wound in his side received at the time.

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