tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3227176040876796931..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Samuel Plummer and His Father’s SwordUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-22730774667530003962023-10-26T07:25:07.273-05:002023-10-26T07:25:07.273-05:00See https://capeanntrailstewards.org/poles-hill fo...See https://capeanntrailstewards.org/poles-hill for location of what was probably Pole's Pasture, a high point near the earliest settlement in Gloucester. It was also a place when Native Americans visited Cape Ann on a seasonal basis for centuries.<br />Bill Thomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09333290151120414495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-60741231365551684262020-11-25T15:20:40.309-05:002020-11-25T15:20:40.309-05:00This story is associated with the Dogtown part of ...This story is associated with the Dogtown part of Gloucester. (It’s fictionalized in Anita Diamant’s book.) But I was unable to confirm where Pole’s pasture was. That seems to have been an informal nineteenth-century name for an area originally owned by a settler named Powell and pronounced “Pole.” I found very few other print references to the place, even in the same book. An expert in Gloucester real estate might be able to trace it better. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-81454222070239861872020-11-25T14:45:38.383-05:002020-11-25T14:45:38.383-05:00Is the Pole's pasture part of Dogtown now?Is the Pole's pasture part of Dogtown now?particle_phttps://twitter.com/particle_pnoreply@blogger.com