. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. ally as originallybuilt until 1848, when the presentowner removed the large, but unsafe,chimneys, and restored the old housefor his own home. Parson Walkersdiary tells us that the trees were setout by him May 2,1764, and have,therefore, reached the good old ageof 136 years. Forts, or garrisons, were built invarious localities to protect the peo-ple from the hostile Indians. Thesewere made of huge logs which layflat upon each other. The ends, be-ing fitted for the purpose, were in-serted in larg
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. ally as originallybuilt until 1848, when the presentowner removed the large, but unsafe,chimneys, and restored the old housefor his own home. Parson Walkersdiary tells us that the trees were setout by him May 2,1764, and have,therefore, reached the good old ageof 136 years. Forts, or garrisons, were built invarious localities to protect the peo-ple from the hostile Indians. Thesewere made of huge logs which layflat upon each other. The ends, be-ing fitted for the purpose, were in-serted in large posts, erected to re-ceive them. These walls of timberwere as high as a common dwellinghouse. At the corners were boxeswhere sentinels kept watch and wardin time of danger. Loop holes highup in the walls, allowed the aimingof guns at the enemy. These en-closed one or more acres of land andcontained buildings for the comfortof those stationed there. In the frontyard of this old house is a stone onwhich is inscribed the names of themen who retreated, with their fami-lies, to Parson Walkers Monument at Sugar Ball, Concord. 248 SOME CONCORD LANDMARKS. In 1746 there were seven fullyequipped garrisons in the had been located, and the in-habitants assigned, May 15, 1746, toeach, by a committee of militia ap-pointed by Governor first was the Walker fort, so-called, where eight families were stated. Another was around thehouse of Capt. Ebenezer Eastman,on the east side of the river, withthirteen families. There was one atWest Concord, around the house ofHenry lyovejoy, where ten familieswere assigned. This old house isstill standing, opposite the brickschoolhouse. On the Mill road, near the junc-tion of the Hopkinton road and theone going past the church at school, stood the garrisonaround the house of Jonathan East-man, with its eight families. Theone around the buildings of JosephHall contained fifteen families, andwas situated near the Rolfe
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