Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . as also <iuarries of stone, which are becoming yearlynjore valuable. Natick, seventeen miles distant fioni the city, (called bythe Indians the place of hills,) is watered in part byCharles River; it contains ,-everal delightful ponds, wellstored with fish. The southern part of Long Pond is inthis town, and is seen from tlie cars while passing. Thefirst Indian church in New England was established hei-ein 16G0, under the direction of the apostle Eliot. Framingham, twenty-one miles from Boston, has theSudbury River passing through its c
Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . as also <iuarries of stone, which are becoming yearlynjore valuable. Natick, seventeen miles distant fioni the city, (called bythe Indians the place of hills,) is watered in part byCharles River; it contains ,-everal delightful ponds, wellstored with fish. The southern part of Long Pond is inthis town, and is seen from tlie cars while passing. Thefirst Indian church in New England was established hei-ein 16G0, under the direction of the apostle Eliot. Framingham, twenty-one miles from Boston, has theSudbury River passing through its centre. Its fishing,fowling, and other sports make it an agreeable i)lace ofresort. Hopkinton is twenty-four miles from Boston, and Graf-ton thirty-eight miles, T-he Western, Nashua, Norwich,and several other routes pass ovei- this road, and throughWorcester, to srain Boston. BOSTON AND VK INITV. 93 Not far from this depot stands Thk Old ColonyAND Fall Rivek Dkpot, at the corner of Kneeland andSouth Streets. It is a plain, substantial building of brick,. and very convenient. This road was opened for travelon the IJth of November, 1845, and extends from Bostonto Fall River, and from Braintree to Plymouth. Thebranch roads connecting with it are the South Shore, CapeCod, Milton, Middleboro, and Taunton roads. South Boston, the first stopping place, was formerly a])art of Dorchester, and is connected with Boston by twobridges, and also by the Old Colony and Fall River Rail- 94 BOSTON AND VICINITY. road. Dorchester, four miles from Boston, lies on Dor-chester Biiy, in Jioston harbor. It is under a high stateof cultivation — fruits, vegetables, and flowers being raisedhere in great abundance; and this town, in consequence ofthe facilities for reaching Boston, has become a favoriteplace of residence for many of its citizens. Neponset Village, five miles from Boston, situated inthe town of Dorchester, is on the jNeponset River, nearits mouth. It has consideiable trade, and the populat
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