The Green Forest tribune., 1917-08-03
INTERESTING SIGHTS
 AT CITY OF PLYMOUTH
A Visit to Pilgrim Hall-Place Where Pilgrims Landed-The Great
 National Monument.

lNdItOIdt NlOnuI1iCnt.
 (By J. L. Russell on his Eastern Tour.)
 "All out for Plymouth was the curt announcement of the brakeman as our train moved into Seaside Station in the oldest city of America, famous be- cause of the volumes of history that date from the point, where landed the Pilgrims in 1920.
 Plymouth is 46 miles from Boston by the New Haven route which is the only railroad reaching the place. The road has two lines, however, affording the tourist an opportunity to add to his sightseeing field by going one way and returning the other. The city is also easily of access from several directions by automobiles, while the boat line is chosen by many.
 The country traversed by one line of the railroad to Plymouth, after you finally reach the outskirts of the Bos- ton suburbs, is for the most part sort of low-land wilderness, the timber be- ing dense and shaggy, the land evil dently being regarded of little value after the timber was removed. 1 mo- ticed saw mill or two engaged in working up the fragments of timber that had been left standing for some cause.
 Plymouth has population I should judge of 1000 to 10000 and for a burg of her ancient origin 1 would say she holds her age well. With the exception of possibly score of build ings preserved on account of their antiquity, it is rather an up-to-date down east" little city.
 As an attractive place for tourists there is no greater than Plymouth in the New England county. It really has some very striking elements of sea- side resort. to say nothing of things that have immortalized the place in history. It has some manufacturing interests, but it's chief industry in the present day consists of taking care of the tourists hundreds of whom visit the place every day.
 Famous Pilgrim Hall.
 Probably the point of most intense interest out of the several to be visit ed in Plymouth is the Pilgrim Hall. a large museum in which is to be seen almost 1000 relics of colonial days, many of them being articles brought over in the Mayfower. They consist of nearly everything imaginable household goods, weapons, farm tools. wearing apparel and pictures and paintings of various kinds. A guide book of 76 pages is practically all de- voted to giving the history of the va- rious things to be seen in the building.
 The largest exhibit in the hall and one that attracts a great deal of in- terest is the hull of the Sparrow hawk" vessel reputed to be as old as the Mayfower itself. History tells US this ship was wrecked in Cape Cod in 1926 and was there buried in the sand until it was uncovered by storm in 1863. The fragment left of the old ship would indicate that it was capa- ble of less tonnage" than would be an ordinary gasoline pleasure boat of to- day. The timbers used in the con- stru ;tion of the body of the boat were selected from the trees and limbs hay ing proper curvature to form "ribs" reaching from connection on the bottom round up the sides, giving it half an egg-shell shape.
 Pilgrim Hall is of rather ancient orig itself, having been built in 1924. a short time previous to which had been begun the collection of exhibits from the descendants of Pilgrim fami- lies. many of whom, by the way, still live in Plymouth and vicinity. The hall, however, has been enlarged, and rebuilt fireproof, so to make certain as nearly as possible the safety of the priceless relics held therein.
 The institution is maintained under the auspices of the Pilgrim Society, it's chief source of income being from admissions paid to the hall. The so- ciety has been aided in it's work by Massachusetts, Connecticut and the general government, and also by dona- tions from philanthropists, who have