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History of Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

(North Plymouth) (White Island Shores)

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Where is Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA?

• 1620 - The Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England and after a journey of sixty-six days anchors in Plymouth harbor, and the Pilgrims established a settlement.
  
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• 1621 - February 17 - Myles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony
  
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• 1621 - The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims in Plimouth
  Edward Winslow was among the group of Pilgrims present at the first Thanksgiving. He describes the scene:
  
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• 1635 - August 15 - 1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony
  The eye passed between Boston and Plymouth, Mass., and caused a twenty-foot tide in Boston. Gov. William Bradford reported, "It blew down many...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1638 - 1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass
  
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  June 1, 1638
  
  
• 1824 - Plymouth Cordage Company founded
  Plymouth Cordage Company became the world's largest manufacturer of rope and cordage products.
  
  
• 1845 - PLYMOUTH. [Pop. 5,281. Inc. 1620.]
  Plymouth, the oldest town in the State, was called Patuxet by the Indians, and Plymouth by the Puiitans, in remembrance of Plymouth in England,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Plymouth
  Plymouth, a post-town, port of entry, and Beat of justice of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, is situated on Plymouth bay, at the southern terminus of ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• Plymouth Massachusetts, 1890
  PLYMOUTH, ever memorable as the first town settled by Europeans in New England, lies in the southeast part of Plymouth County, 37 miles southeast of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Plymouth
  Plymouth, a post-town, port of entry, and capital of Plymouth co., Mass., in a township of the same name, on Plymouth Harbor or Bay, 37 miles S.S.E....Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  View from Burial Hill showing Church of the Pilgrimage, Plymouth, Mass.
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  Town Square, Plymouth, Mass.
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  Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass.
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  Cole's Hill
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  Shirley Square
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  Old Burial Hill, Plymouth, Mass.
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  Park Avenue and Railway Station, Plymouth, Mass.
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• 1906
  Plymouth, a port of entry, capital of Plymouth co., Mass., in a township (town) of the same name, on Plymouth Harbor (or Bay), 37 miles SSE. of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1907 - BELATED STORM DESTROYS SHIP FAST ON FLATS - Schooner Lucy E. Goes to Pieces Off Plymouth Coast.
  CREW TAKEN OFF BY LIFE SAVERS
  
  Vessels Take Refuge in Harbors - City Soaked By Rain.
  
  Boston's belated storm which had threatened the city and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Central Fire Station
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  Mabbetts Mills
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  Standish Mills
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  Town Brook. Site and remains of Pilgrim homes
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  Plymouth Rock & Canopy, 1911
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  Ardmore Inn, Manomet, Mass.
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  Railroad Station
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  Samoset House, 1915
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  Main Street, 1920s
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  The Registry Building
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  Memorial Hall
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•  1957 - Mayflower II from Plymouth, England, reaches Plymouth Mass
  
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  June 13, 1957