. The Medford historical register . aid heirs land, over which thebrick tower stands, is on land formerly belonging to theTen Hills farm. There wTas a way two rods in width called in the earlydays the way to the ford, and in later times Fish-house lane, which extended from the highway (Mainstreet) to land of Christopher Goodwin, the northerlyline of whose land was in part bounded by this southerly end of the ancient ford or landing placewas on the northerly side of this way, opposite land ofGoodwin, and contained about one-half an acre. A por-tion of this landing place is now a part o
. The Medford historical register . aid heirs land, over which thebrick tower stands, is on land formerly belonging to theTen Hills farm. There wTas a way two rods in width called in the earlydays the way to the ford, and in later times Fish-house lane, which extended from the highway (Mainstreet) to land of Christopher Goodwin, the northerlyline of whose land was in part bounded by this southerly end of the ancient ford or landing placewas on the northerly side of this way, opposite land ofGoodwin, and contained about one-half an acre. A por-tion of this landing place is now a part of the estate ofMr. F. E. Chandler. This location was the site of theship-yard of Mr. James Ford, and later the yard of Fuller. This way is now known as South improvements made by the Metropolitan Park Com-mission have destroyed this landing place. In the year 1644 Gov. John Winthrop, in his journal,describes the following incident as taking place at a fordin Mystic river. From a careful study of the story it is. WALNUT TREE HILL DIVISION OF THE STINTED PASTURE IN 1685. (Dotted Lines Show Present Municipal Bounds.)
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