Category Archives: Environment
Now and then, then and now
All the recent snow reminded me of this photograph taken from Green Street. It dates after 1883, because the Soldier’s Monument is there, but before 1928, when the trolley stopped running. Once I found this one, I walked a little … Continue reading
A whale of a tale
In the 1948 Annual Report of the Town of Kingston, the Board of Health reported: On October 20th, 1943, a fin-back whale came ashore north of the town pier [today's town landing] at the foot of River Street. Measuring 42 … Continue reading
Nick’s Rock
Published in 1899 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Topographical Survey Commission, The Atlas of the Boundaries of the Town of Kingston describes the 18 corners marking the town limits and the seven “triangulation stations” used to locate the corners. The … Continue reading
Bryant’s Boxboard Mill
For almost 50 years, Sylvanus Bryant ran a mill located on Sylvia’s Place Road between Bryant’s Pond and Soule’s Pond in the Indian Pond neighborhood of Kingston. As far back as 1721, several water privileges existed on Furnace Brook, Trout … Continue reading
Mayflowers
“April showers bring Mayflowers,” especially lately with all the recent rain and particularly in Massachusetts, where these fragrant little blossoms are our state flower. Commonly called Mayflowers, trailing arbutus or less elegantly, the gravel plant, Epigaea repens can be found … Continue reading
