The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-07-10

and Milk streets, where is the old South
Meeting house, and this was early called Corn
hill Soon, however a further advance was made
to Summer. this extension later being called
Marlborough street, in commemoration OF the VIC
tory of Blenheim. In few years third street
was added toward Essex and Boylston streets.
named Newbury The sea" then came up In the
Great cove from the harbor fairly close to the
present square OF State street for high-water
mark was at the present kilby street on the
South side and Merchants row on the North sloe'
The Great cove swept inside OF these streets
Merchants row followed the shore north~aro 10
a smaller cove stretching from where is no"
North Market street and the Quincy market (tne
first Mayor Ouincy's monument) and over the
site of Faneul hall to Dock square, which De-
came the Town dock Other pioneer highways
we're the nucleus of the present fremont street,
originally running along the northeastern spur
of the then broadspreading Beacon hill ana p1ss-
Ing through the Common; Hanover street, at nrst
a narrow lane from what is now Scollay SQUARE
and Ann afterward North street from LOCK
square both leading to the ferries by Copp MIL
where tradition says the Indians had their rerry'
Court street was first Prison lane. from the Mar
ket Mace to the prison. gruesome dungeon'
early set up, where now stands the MODERN Wv.
Hall annex. In its day 1t harbored pirates anu
Ouakers and Hawthorne fancied 1t FOR the open
inc scenes of his Scarlet Letter" School street
took its name from the first schoohouse ana tne
frat school, whence sprang the Boston latih
school, which fecitates itself that 1t anteoAtes
the university at Cambridge and "dandled Har
ward college on its knee" Milk street hrst fort
lane was the first way TO Fort hill on the haroor
tout Summer street first "Myne lane" led to
widow Tuthills Windmill, near where was
Church Green up TO which the water cams
Cow lane" now High street. led from Cnurcn
Green or Mil lane to the foot OF Fort Mill ESSEX
street was originally at it's eastern end part OF
the first cartway to the Neck and Rqxbury.
beach road that ran along the south shore OF tne
South cove another expansive indentation, eA
tending from the harbor on the south sioe OF
Fort hill to the NHck Boylston street, or1glnaiy
Frog lane" and holding fast to this bucolic ap-
pellation into the nineteenth century was a
swampy way running westward along the south
side Of Boston Common toward the open Back oAy
the hack basin Of the Charles-then flowing up
to a pebbly beach at the Commons western eose
and to the present Park square.
Here then on the levels about the Great cove,
in the form OF crescent. facing the sea aud
backed by the three-peaked hill. the town was
established
The first occupation was within the scant ter
ritorv bounded generally speaking, on the east
side by state street at the high water line OF
the Great cove. northerly by Merchants row
around to near the site OF Faneuil nall; north
westerly by Dock square and Hanover street;
westerly by the great hill and fremont street;
southerly by School and Milk streets: and MIX
street again to the water, then working up toward
the present Liberty square at the Junction OF
Kby water and Batterymarch streets Soon,
limits
to Summer street, and not long after to Essex
and Boylston streets: eastward to the harbor
front at and around Fort hill: westward and
northwestward. about another broad cove-tnls
the North cove, later the "Mul cove with busy
mills about it, an ndentation on the north OF
Beacon hill by the widening Of the Charles river
at its mouth, and covering the space now Hay.
market square; and northward over the pc
ninsula's north end. which early became the seat
of gentility.
No further expansion of moment was made
through the colony period and the extension was
slight during the Province period Beacon hill
except It's slopes remained till after the Revolu.
ton in its primitive state. its long western reach
a place Of pastures over which the cows roamed
and the barberry and the wild rose grew
The foot OF the Common on the margin OF the
glinting Back bas was the towns west boundary
till after the Revolution and into the nineteenth
century. Till then the tide OF the Back bay
flowed up the present Beacon street, some zoe
feet above the present Charles street The towns
southern limit. except few houses toward the
Neck on the fourth link of the highway to Rox
bury (called Orange street in honor Of the house
or Orange), was still Essex and Boylston streets.
The one landway to the mainland. till after the
second decade Of the nineteenth century, remained
the long lean Neck to Roxbury The only water
way at the beginning of the town, was by meant
of ships boats. afterward by scows. No bridge
from Boston was built till the Revolution was two
years past
So the sstoried town" remained. till the close
of the historic chapter. little one. the builtur
territory of which could easily be covered in a
stroll of day or two
From it's establishment the capital Boston'e
history was SO interviewer with that of the Colony
that in England the Colony came early to be desig
mated the "Bostoneers." and the charter which
the founders brought with them, and for the
retention of which the colonists were in an
almost constant struggle, was termed tho Dos
ton Charter"