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Where Was The Indian Bridge Over Ipswich River?

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  • Books and periodicals

Date

1956

GUSN

GUSN-169912

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Description

The Indians, before Europeans had settled, had a trail that ran from Salem to Canada. The trail's exact route is unknown, but historians agree there was a crossing at the Ipswich River. Lura Woodside Watkins investigates the exact location of the crossing, for centuries called the "Indian Bridge.

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Additional Identification Number

Article ID 361

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1956.046.163.002

Abstract

The Indians, before Europeans had settled, had a trail that ran from Salem to Canada. The trail's exact route is unknown, but historians agree there was a crossing at the Ipswich River. Lura Woodside Watkins investigates the exact location of the crossing, for centuries called the "Indian Bridge.

Date Notes

Volume 46, Number 163 (Winter, 1956)

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Originator

Lura Woodside Watkins (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1956). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

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Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

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