Old Charlestown – Watertown Path
Reverend Thomas Hooker and his congregation took this path on their exodus from Cambridge in 1636. The strong bent of their spirits caused them to seek new lands and eventually to found Hartford in Connecticut.
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View of Garden and Mason Streets c. 1860 showing Fay House (1806), the Washington Elm (planted c. 1700) and the Abraham Hill House (c. 1718).
Marker is on Garden Street, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
