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1689, Revolution of 041841, 011642 1752, calendar change of 071042 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, 052942 1775 - 76, 010341, 011041, 052341, 092641, 121241, 041742, 052242, 052942, 072442, 072442 See also American Revolution. 1826, July 4 081442 1930, 010341
Adams Express Company, 010242 Adams, James 011041 Adams, John 011041 vision legend 081442 Adams Square, 092641 airfield, first 051641 airmail, first 051641 Albany, 101041 "Aloha Oe," song 080742 "America," song 042541 "American Descriptions," 041742 American Revolution, 013141, 121241, 010242, 010242, 013042, 022042, 030642, 041042, 052242, 052942 first fighting in, 052942 See also 1775 - 76; Boston Marathon. American Descriptions. See Greene, Parker. Anderson Bridge, Larz 041742 Andrew Square, 030642 Andros, Edmund 041841, 011642, 030642 anesthetics, first 050941, 050941 anthems, national 041841, 050941 apartment house, first 050941, 103141 Apostle Eliot. See Eliot, Rev. John. aquarium, Boston 111441 architecture, 052242 school, 081442 Arlington, 112141, 010942, 052942, 080742, 082142 Arlington Street, 022742 Arnold Street, 082842 artificial respirator, invention of 071042 Ashby Street, 082842 Aspinwall Hill. See Brookline, seven hills of. astronomers, 111441 Atlantic Avenue, 022841, 022841, 061341, 101741, 112141, automobiles shaped as advertisements, 011741
Babcock Hill. See Brookline, seven hills of. Back Bay, 011041, 022141, 022141, 022841, 030741, 032141, 051641, 052341, 081541, 082941, 082941, 100341, 111441, 012342, 020642, 021342, 050842, boundaries of, 082842 "Back Bay nuisance," 050842 Back Bay Station, 051641, 022042 ballad, Irish 042541 See also Irish. Ball Street, 082842 See also, Boundaries, city and town. bank, first American 052341 bananas, first in America 030642 baseball park, original 022141, 100341 Bath Street, 022042 Battery Street, 100341, 101741 Batterymarch Street, 100341 Bay State Bank, 101741 beans, baked 032841 Beacon Hill, 011741, 050241, 020642, 021342, 052242 architecture, 052242 bonfires, 011741 Beacon Street, 011741, 021342, 062641, 072442 Bedford, 082142 Belle Isle Inlet, 022841 Beverly, 092641 Bijou Theater, 051542 billboards, 011741 Billerica, 010942 Bill of Rights, 021441 Bismarck Street, 050142 Blackstone, 080841 Blagden Street, 052942 blind, school for the 051641 Blithedale Romance, 040342 Blue Hill Avenue, 082842 Blue Hills, 021441, 041141, 081541, 111441, 010942 Board of Health, 091142 boat trains, 020642 Bobolink Street, 061942 "Boston 1915" exhibition, 021441 Boston & Albany Railroad, 013141, 021441, 102441, Boston, ancient. See Shawmut. Boston, annexation of territory 121241, 010242, 073142 Boston Aquarium, 111441 Boston, Bank of 021441 Boston, central point of 090442 Boston City Hospital, 012441 Boston city limits, 042541 Boston College, 011741 Boston Common, 013141, 022841, 022841, 032841, 050241, Boston Custom House, 020642 Boston, East 080141 Boston's East Wind, 090442 Boston Evening Transcript, 030642 Boston Evening Traveler, 041042 Boston Fire. See Great Fire of 1872. Boston Globe, 062741, 101041, 011642, 012342 Boston, Greater 030741, 032141, 040441, 041141, 042541 050241, 050241, 062041, 071841, 111441, 112841, 121941, panoramic view of, 010341 See also Metropolis. Boston Harbor, 011041, 061341, 111441, 032742 Boston Herald, the 050142 Boston, hills of. See drumlins. Boston, island under 032141 Boston Latin School, 050941, 010242 Boston & Maine R. R., 011741, 061341, 102441, 041042 Boston Marathon, 052942 Boston Newsletter, The 101041, 011642 Boston, origin of name 061341 Boston peninsula, 100341 Boston Police strike, 022042 Boston, population density, 010341 Boston, Port of 042541 Boston Post, 040342 Boston, pride in 032042 Boston Proper, 082842. See also boundaries. Boston Public Library, 021441, 050941, 060641, 052242 origins of, 021441 Boston, rivers underneath, 010942 Boston, settlement of 041042. See also Icelandic settlement; Jeffries Point. Boston, Siege of 041141, 052242 Boston, size of 121241 Boston Stone, the 052942 Boston, subterranean 010942 Boston Tea Party, 013141, 022841, 112141 Boston University, 080742 original headquarters of, 031342 Boston weather, 052942, 090442 Boston Wharf, 062741 Botolph, Saint 061341 Botolphston, 061341 Botolph Street, 013141 boundaries, city and town 031342, 071042, 071742, 082142, Boston proper, 082842 Bowdoin Street, 011741, 062741 Boylston Street, 010341, 011041, 021441, 032841, 041141, 041841, 042541, 072541, 080141, 081541, 082241, 082941, Boylston Street Subway, 021342 Boylston, Dr. Zebdiah 061242 Brainerd Road, 042541 Braintree, 042541, 050241, 050941, 082142 Bread Street, 022742 Breed's Hill, 041042. See also Bunker Hill. Bremen Street, 050142 Brighton, 032841, 050941, 100341, 112141, 121241, 122641, 122641, 021342, 042541, 073142 boundaries of, 082842 smallest 011741 "Brimstone Corner," 042541 Britannia, steamship 091142 British military, 010341, 052341, 121241, 030642, 041742, Broadway, 013042, 061942, 071042, 080742 Broadway (New York), 101041, 031342 Broadways in other cities, 121241, 061942 Brockton Street, 050142 Brook Farm, 040342 Brookline, 040441, 042541, 042541, 050941, 082941, 100341, 102441, 121241, 122641, 010242, 010942, 012342, 020642, 021342, 021342, 041742, 052242, 052242, 061242, 061242, 070342, 071042, 072442, 080742, 081442, 082142, 082842 boundaries, 052242, 070342, 082842 minutemen, 010341, 072442, 041742 origin of name, 012342 Puritanism in, 122641 seven hills of 010341 Brookline Avenue, 021342, 050842, 082842 Brookline Village, 021342, 072442 Bronx (NY), 032042 Buchanan Bridge, 040342 Buenos Aires, Boston's distance from 091142 buildings, size of 010341 Bunker Hill Monument, 091941 Burlington Lines, 041042 Burroughs Newsboys Foundation, 031342 buses, 022841, 032841, 101741, 112141, 081442
cabs, horse-drawn 073142 calendar change of 1752, 021441 "Calf-Path, The" 050142 Cambridge, 010341, 011741, 032841, 040441, 050941, 052341, 071141, 071841, 080141, 082941, 092641, 102441, 111441, 112141, 122641, 122641, 010242, 013042, 041742, 052942, 061942, 061942, 071042, 072442, 080742, 080742, 082142 motto of, 010942 Cambridge observatory, 111441 Cambridgeport, 050842 Cambridge Street, 062741, 013042 Camp Andrew, 040342 Canada, 102441 first in America, 051542 candy manufacturers, 061942 Canton, 082142 Capitol, U. S., 022042 Castle Street, 013042 Causeway, the 010242 Causeway Street, 061341, 010242, 021342, 071042 census, 1930 010341 center of the universe, Boston as 011741 Central Square, 122641, 050842 Central Park (NYC), 013141 Chamber of Commerce, 051641 Charlesgate, 051641 Charles River, 030741, 032141, 040441, 051641, 052341, 080141, 100341, 111441, 112841, 121241, 122641, 122641, 012342, 020642, 021342, 021342, 041742, 050842, 051542, East Lagoon of, 091142 Charles Street, 050241, 013042 Charlestown, 032841, 042541, 050941, 062741, 071141, 092641, 092641, 101041, 101741, 102441, 121241, 041042, boundaries of, 082842 origins of Boston, as 091842 Charlestown, Battle of. See Bunker Hill. Charlestown Bridge, 021342 Chelsea, 050941, 061341, 080742, 092641, 102441, 082142 Chestnut Hill Reservoir, 070342 China, 071841 Christ Church, 032042 Christian Science Monitor Building, 010341 Christmas in America, first 121941 Christmas cards, first, 121941, 032042 Chrysler Building (NYC), 010341 citizen alarms, 011041 City Club, 031342 City Hall, 022841 city lines. See boundaries. Civil War, Boston during the 122641, 012342, 020642 032742, 040342, 052242, 072442, 090442 Cochituate, Lake 041042. See also Indian place-names. Cohasset, 072541, 010242, 052242, 082142. See also Indian place-names. Cohoes, 052242 cohoss, 052242 college graduate, youngest 071742 Colonial Theater, 021441 Columbus, 080141 Columbus Avenue, 082842 See also, Boundaries, city and town. Commercial Street, 021342 Commonwealth Avenue, 080141, 080141, 021342 commonwealth compared to state, 072541 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 010242 Commonwealth Pier, 062741 Concord, battle of 010341, 052341, 080841, 092641 Congregational Church, 122641, 122641, 041742 See also Harvard College, history of. Connecticut, 071841 Connecticut River, 071841, 052242 Constitution, Commonwealth 122641 Constitution, Massachusetts 072541 Constitution, U.S., 021441 Coolidge Bros. grocery, 072442 Coolidge Corner, 010341, 072442 Coos County (NH), 052242 Corey Hill. See Brookline, seven hills of. Cornhill, The 021441 Cortes Street, 022742 Cottage Farm, 100341, 102441, 121241 boundaries of, 082842 origin of, 052242 courier routes, 101041. See also Indians. Court Park, 071042 Court Street, 022841, 022841, 062741, 013042 "cow-path" tale, 050142 Craddock Bridge, 022742 Custom House, 020642
Dacia Street, 082842 Danvers, 061341, 092641, 012342. See also Salem Village. Dartmouth Street, 022141 Dawes, William 041742, 072442, 072442, Declaration of Independence, 011041, 082241, 081442 mystical 50th anniversary of, 081442 Dedham, 050941, 010242, 010942, 051542, 082142 boundaries of, 082842 Dedham, East 051542 Democracie colony, 091941 depots. See railroads. Derne Street, 071141 Devonshire Station, 013042 Devotion, Edward 081442 Devotion School, the 081442 dictator, New England. See Andros. Dock Square, 050241, 122641, 052942 Dock Street, 122641 Dorchester, 010341, 032841, 042541, 050941, 051641, 071841, 122641, 032042, 061942, 061942 boundaries of, 082842 streets, number of 010341, Dorchester Avenue, 040441, 061341, 080141 Dorchester Heights, 030642 Dorchester, the Pilgrims and 032742 Dover Station, 032141 drumlins, 020642 ducks, Public Garden 091142 Dudley Street, 013042
East Boston, 032141, 032841, 080141, 102441, 050142, boundaries of, 082842 East Boston Tunnel, 101741, 013042, 072442 East Dedham, 051542 Eastern Mass. Street Railway, 081541 Eastern Railroad, the 102441 East India Company, 022841 East Lagoon, the 091142 East Wind, Boston's 090442 Edison, Thomas 010341 "Ed Pointer," 012342 Eggleston Square, 082842 Elevated, the 032141, 032841, 101741, 050842 Eliot, John (Rev.) 032042 Eliot Square, 032042 Eliot's Pulpit, 040342 Elm Street, 071042 Eslaf Street, 061942 Emancipation Statue, 013141 Empire State Building (NY), 010341 engraving, color, invention of 121941 Episcopalians, 030642 Esplanade, old 051641 Essex Street, liberty tree 013141 Eustis Street, 100341 Evacuation of Boston, 030642. See also British military. Everett, 032141, 061341, 092641, 102441, 080742, 080742, 082142 Exeter Street Theater, 082142
Fairmount. See Hyde Park. Fall River, 012342 Fall River Line boat, 032742 Fall River Line depot, 032742 Federal Street, 061341 federation, first, 071841, 081541. See also Penacook. Fells, Middlesex 091142 fells, origin of word 091142 Fellsway East, 091142 Ferdinand Street, 022742 Ferry, North 101741 Ferry Street, 061341 Filene's Store, 090442, 090442 Fine Arts Museum, 021441 Fisher Hill, 061242. See also Brookline, seven hills of. Forest Hills, 112841 Fort Point, 040441, 042541, 053041, 062741, 082842 Foss, Sam Walter 050142 Francis Street, 082842 Franklin Avenue, 011642 Franklin, Benjamin 013141, 021441, 011642 Franklin Park, 013141 pollution in, 091142 Franklin Square, 052341 Franklin Street, 021441, 041841, 062641, 082941, 022742, duplicates of, 071042 See also Massachusetts reservations. freedom. See liberty. Frog Pond, 041042 Front Street, 122641
Gay Nineties, 022141 geography, 011041 Gilchrist's Store, 090442 Gillette. See safety razor. glass works, America's first 022742 Glenbrook Street, 082842 Gloucester, 040441 Gold Star names, 052942 government, largest seat of 010341 Governor's Square, 021342. See also Kenmore Square. Grand Central Station (NY), 01034 Gray Champion, the 041841 Granary, Old 042541 Grand Central Station, 010341 "Granite Railway," 112841 Greater Boston. See Boston, Greater. Great Fire of 1872, 022141, 041841, 082941, 082941, 022042, Green, Gretna 022141 Greene, Parker 032742, 041742. See also [Sidis cites self]. Greenfield Road, 082842 greeting cards, first 121941 Greyhound Bus Terminal, 101741. See also buses. Grouse Street, 061942 Grove Street, 082842 Grove Hall Street, 082842 guide book, unpublished city 062641, 082142 See also [Sidis cites himself]. Gulf Stream, 040441
"Halifax, Go to" 071841, 013042 Hamburg Street, 050142 Hammond Street, 082842 Hancock Building, 022141 Hanover Street, 061341, 071042 Harbor Building, 112141 Harcourt Street, 013141 Harrison Avenue, 082842 Harvard Avenue, 041742, 042541 duplicates of, 020642 Harvard College, history of 122641 Harvard Business School, 122641, 072442, 073142 Harvard, John 102441 Harvard Medical School, 122641, 080742 Harvard Place, duplicates of 020642 Harvard Square, 071141, 102441 Harvard Stadium, 011741, 122641, 041742 Harvard Street, 010341, 041742 as boundary, 082842 Harvard Street, duplicates of 020642 Haverhill, 092641 president of, 011041 See also Indian place-names. Hawthorne, Nathaniel 031441, 040342 Haymarket Square, 011041, 052341, 061341, 061341, 080841 Heron Street, 061942 Highland Circuit, 081442 highways, 071742 hills, Boston. See drumlins. Hingham, 082142 hobby, 030741 Holbrook, 082142 Holmes Avenue, 042541 Holmes, Oliver Wendell 032042 Holyoke Mountain Range, 052242 Hoosickwhisick Pond, 081541. See also Indian place-names. Hopkinton, 112841 home guard, 022042 horse-cars 041141, 062041, 072442, 073142, 090442 hospitals, 062641 hotel, first 062641 Hough's Neck, 111441 Howe, Elias 052942 Howe, Lord, 010341 hub of the universe, Boston as 032042 Hull, 082142 Hunneman Street, 082842 Huntington Avenue, 022141, 082241, 082842 Hutchinson, Anne 071841, 091941 Hyde Park, 050941, 010242, 050142, 051542, 082142 boundaries of, 082842 Hyde Square, 082842
Ice Age, 010341 112841, 010942, 020642 Icelandic settlement, 080141, 112841, 121941 Independence, Declaration of 011041, 081442, 082241 mystical 50th Anniversary of, 081442 independence, declarations of 082241 Indians, 011741, 021441, 032841, 071141, 071841, 081541, 091941, 101041, 112841. See also Penacook Federation. Indian place-names, 021441, 051641. See also Cochituate, Cohasset, Connecticut, Hawaii, jemeco, Hoosickwhisick, Masadchuset, Mattakeeset, Mishawum, Mohawk Valley, Nahant, Nantasket, Narragansett, Neponset, Passamaquoddy Bay, Passamaquoddy, Pawtucket, Quabbin. Quinobequin, Saugus, Shawmut, Skanetade, Squantum, Wachusset, Wessagusset, Winnimmeset, Wisconsin Indian towns, 032841, 032841, 071841 India Wharf, 022841 invaders, European 032841 Irish, the 042541 Iroquois, 101041, 052242, 052242 iron lung, 071042 Isabella Street, 022742 Isle of Shoals (New Hampshire), 032742
Jacob Sleeper Hall, 031342. See also Boston University. Jamaica Plain, 011041, 032841, 050241, 071841, 080742 Jefferson, Thomas, vision legend 081442 Jeffries Point, 080141 "jemeco," 050241. See also Indian place-names. Jenner, Dr. 061242 Jersey City, 032742 "John Brown's Body," 012342 Jordan's Store, 090442 Journey's End Road, 062641
Kansas, 071841 Keith, Benjamin, 010341 Keith Memorial Theater, 010341 Kendall Square, 050842, 061942 Kendall Street, 082842 Kenmore Square, 030741, 100341, 012342, 021342, 072442 Kenmore Station, 041841, 072442 Kenmore Street, 021342 Kidd, Captain 073142 Kinetophone, 01034 King's Chapel, 030642 King Phillip's War, 011741 Kneeland Street, 013141, 021441, 031441, 040441, Knickerbocker's History of New York, 050142
Labor-in-Vain inlet, 022742 Lagrange Street, 040342 Landing Road, 080141 Larkhill Street, 061942 Larz Anderson Bridge, 041742 Latimer, George 041141 Latin Row, 071742 Latin School, Boston 050941, 010242 Lechmere's Point, 052341 legends, 030741, 031441, 032841, 041141, 073142, 081442, of July 4, 1826 081442 Leverett Pond, 082842 Lexington, 112141, 052942, 052942, 062641, 072442, 082142 motto of, 010942 Lexington and Concord, Battle of 010341, 052341, liberty, spirit of 112841, 022742 "Liberty Tree," 013141 Liberty Mutual, 022141 "Liberty Party," 041141 liberty, symbol of 013141 Libya, 071141 Liliuokalani, 080742. See also Indian place-names. Lincoln (MA), 082142 Lincoln Statue, 013141 Lincoln Street, 041742, lines, city and town. See boundaries, city and town. Linnet Street, 061942 Litchfield's Wharf 112141 Little Building, 013042, livery services, 073142 Longfellow's poem, 032042 Long Island, 103141 Long Wharf, 022841 Lower Plains. See Hyde Park. Lynde Street, 013042 Lynn, 012441, 040441, 041141, 061341, 092641, 102441, 040342, Lynn Fells Parkway, 091142 |
mailboxes, first street 052242. See also postal service. Main Street, 080742 Main Streets, 080742 "Make Way for Ducklings," storybook 091142 Malden, 032141, 040441, 061341, 092641, 112141, 010942, 080742, 080742, 082142, 091142 Fells in, 091142 motto of, 010942 "mall," origin of word 022841 Manhattan, size of 010341 buildings, 010341 streets, 010341 manufacturing, origins of 042541, 052341, 112841 Marathon, Boston 041141 Marblehead, 040441 Marmor, Jacob 010341. See also pseudonyms. Marquand, John P. 080141b "Mary Had A Little Lamb," 052942 Masadchu, 021441. See also Blue Hills; Indians. Masadchuset, 021441. See also Blue Hills; Indian place-names. Mass. Ave., 011741, 022141, 041141, 080141, 082241 Massachusetts Bank, 052341 Massachusetts Bay, 071841, 032742, 091142 Massachusetts Bay Company, 061341 Massachusetts, cities and towns of 051641. See also Indian place-names. Mass. General Hospital, 050941 Massachusetts General Laws, 032042 Chapter 187, Section 3 032042 Massachusetts Hall, 122641. See also Harvard College. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. See MIT. Massachusetts Public Safety Dept., 071042 Massachusetts Regiment, 6th 012342, 032742 See also Civil War. Massachusetts Reservations, 021441 See also Bill of Rights. Massachusetts Station, 082842 Massachusetts, western 052242 Mather, Rev. Cotton 061242 Mattakeeset Street, 082842. See also Indian place-names. Maverick Square, 013042 Mayflower, the 050241 Mechanics Building, 022141, 022141, 082241 Mecklenburg N.C., 082241. See also Declaration of Independence. Medford, 011741, 040441, 022742, 041742, 071742, 082142, Fells in, 091142 Meeting House Hill, 032042 Melrose, 112141, 080742, 082142 Fells in, 091142 meridian, 71st 072442 Meridian Street, 072442 Merrimac River, 062741, 010942. See also Indian place-names. Metropolis, Great 092641, 121241, 010942, 013042. See also Boston, Greater. Metropolitan Avenue, 082142 Metropolitan District, 070342, 091142 Metropolitan Theater, 030741 Mexican War, 041042 Middlesex County, 052341, 121241, 010242, 032042, 052942, 052942, 061242, 072442 Middlesex Fells, 091142 Mill-Dam, the 030741, 082941, 010242, 021342, 050842, 072442, 072442. See also Kenmore Square. Milton, 021441, 010242, 082142 minutemen, 010341, 041141, 092641, 041742, 072442 mirages, Boston 032742 Mishawum (Charlestown), 053041, 071141, 101041. See also Indian place-names. Mission Hill, 062641 M. I. T., 010341, 011741, 081541, 082941, 050842 molasses tank explosion, 101741 money, first American paper 052341 Morse, Samuel F. B. 042541 "Mother Goose," 030741, 050941, 042541 mottoes of towns and cities, 010942 Mount Auburn, |