Identifier: bytrolleythrough1904derr (find matches)
Title: By trolley through eastern New England
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Derrah, Robert H., comp
Subjects: New England -- Description and travel Guidebooks
Publisher: Boston, Mass.
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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interest connected with the first fight of theRevolution. The first of the Arlington series is seen justafter the car crosses the steam railroad tracks. It is onthe right side of the road, near the outer edge of the side-walk, in front of a modern house, and marks the site ofthe Black Horse Tavern, where the Committee of Safetymet in 1775. Looking to the left at this point a view ishad of Spy Pond and the chain of hills beyond. The ridebecomes more and more interesting as Arlington Centre isreached. The Soldiers Monument, at the junction of theavenue and Broadway, and the old Coopers Tavern, whichis the Arlington House of to-day, are places of special in-terest. Here one changes cars fgr the return trip to Bos-ton via West Medford and Sullivan Square. The route isthrough a thrifty market gardening section, where two andsometimes three crops of vegetables are raised each year.Tufts College buildings are seen on the right. The mostnotable of these is the Goddard Chapel, a famous bit of
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