The Converging Cultures of the Neponset River Estuary by Richard Heath No. 99 Detail from 1831 map showing mouth of Neponset River Introduction The Neponset River Estuary is the convergence of not only two ecosystems but two cultures. The Estuary is where the...
The Siege of Boston and the Fortification of Dorchester Heights A brief description of the occupation of Dorchester Heights appears below. For a much longer and illustrated telling of the story, you can open the pdf version of Dorchester Heights: Prelude to...
No. 12304 Bird’s-Eye View of Lower Mill, 1890 The Simpson Refrigerator Company was located on the north side of Sanford Street, Dorchester (Boston),Massachusetts, in the Lower Mills section. The factory would have been located approximately at 53-57 Sanford...
No. 3612 Image of the factory comes from the 1890 Bird’s-Eye View of Lower Mills Ariel M. Cain was born in 1845 in Dorchester. He served in the Civil War, 1861 to 1865, in the 42nd Regiment of the Massachusetts Infantry. In 1870, Ariel was working with his father...
Victory Road Park is a nine-acre park on Dorchester Bay just south of the peninsula known as Commercial Point where the Old Colony Yacht Club and the colorful gas tank are located. Victory Road Park was created in the late 1980s from a former illegal landfill. Judge...
