. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . Panorama of Elm Street, looking AN HIGHWAY SHALL BE THERE, AND A WAY. 20/ That crossing is one of the oldest bits of highwayin the town still used for travel. Another short stretchof ancient highway is where Summer Street passes infront of M. B. Stetsons store on to the Cove wherean ancient loading place was ; also Snow Place, leadinginto the Bryant estate, formerly ended at a public loadingplace. There was a loading place on the north side of thehead of the Cove, perhaps near the Higgins boat shop,and another somewhere on the sout
. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . Panorama of Elm Street, looking AN HIGHWAY SHALL BE THERE, AND A WAY. 20/ That crossing is one of the oldest bits of highwayin the town still used for travel. Another short stretchof ancient highway is where Summer Street passes infront of M. B. Stetsons store on to the Cove wherean ancient loading place was ; also Snow Place, leadinginto the Bryant estate, formerly ended at a public loadingplace. There was a loading place on the north side of thehead of the Cove, perhaps near the Higgins boat shop,and another somewhere on the south side ; but the creekran between, and there is no mention of a bridge across ituntil the year 1762, January 28, when the Question wasput wheather the Town will Procure and lay out a WayOver ye Creek at ye Head of Ship Cove in ye SecondParrish. Passed in the affirmative. What is now ElmStreet was probably a cartway along the edge of themarsh leading to the north side of the Cove. All of these old ways have been changed so that only. Southeast from Elliot Stoddards. Photos, Mrs. E. E. Ellnis. 2o8 HISTORY OF C OH ASSET. pieces here and there conform to the original , there is only one street in the whole town whichwholly conforms to the original lay-out on the Fisher plan ;that is Sohier* Street, formerly Winter Street, and stillearlier called Deer Hill Lane. How the highway along our shore which we call SouthMain Street was partially straightened we recounted in aformer chapter. The end near Bound Brook ran down toa broad shallow fording place below the present millbridge, where it passed over to the Kings Highway inScituate. Coming towards Cohasset the road skirted around bythe marsh fences ; but when the way was ordered to belaid straight through the lots to Jacobs Meadow to thepoint where the South Main Street fountain now is, atroublesome curve was forever cut off. But at this pointa rough detour around the head of Jacobs Meadow to theold corduroy bridge at Co
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