Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . ^^W-V^ mmWWmMjS v^.|% ^ ^i. forms us was Waterfield, 1638—Charlestown Village, 1640—Winchester, 1850. The town is charmingly situated, and amongits landscape features may be noted the pleasant elevationsabove the valley, the lake-like Upper Mystic Pond, Wedge Pondand Winter Pond, the Aberjnna River, joining the UpperMystic, tree-lined roads, and shady groves. The townforms the gateway to Middlesex Fells. (See page 60.) Itis attractively built, and among its modern homes some old-fashioned family dwell-ings are seen. From Winchester a lineru
Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . ^^W-V^ mmWWmMjS v^.|% ^ ^i. forms us was Waterfield, 1638—Charlestown Village, 1640—Winchester, 1850. The town is charmingly situated, and amongits landscape features may be noted the pleasant elevationsabove the valley, the lake-like Upper Mystic Pond, Wedge Pondand Winter Pond, the Aberjnna River, joining the UpperMystic, tree-lined roads, and shady groves. The townforms the gateway to Middlesex Fells. (See page 60.) Itis attractively built, and among its modern homes some old-fashioned family dwell-ings are seen. From Winchester a lineruns north up the valleyto Woburn, settled in1630. This is anothertown blessed with historictraditions and associa-tions. It is famed as thebirthplace of BenjaminThompson, afterward SirBenjamin, and later CountRumford. In its public li-brary and art gallery,known as the Winn Me-morial, it possesses one ofthe best specimens of thearchitect Richardsons work, and it has a numberof historic houses. Wo-burn is locally divided into six sections: The Centre, Cum-mingsville. North W
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