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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., A local Geography Lesson. (search)
A local Geography Lesson. On page seven of Brooks' History of Medford is this statement: There was till recently (1855) but one island in the river, and that near the shore in Malden, at Moulton's Point, and is called White island. Two have since been made, one by cutting through Labor in vain, and the other by straightening the passage above the bridge. Mr. Brooks made no mention of the small island just below Wear bridge, though it is shown on contemporary maps and plans and was supposed to be of natural formation. It was usually considered a part of the Smith estate in West Medford, and was alluded to (as also its removal) by Mr. Hooper in hispond in Arlington or Fresh pond in Cambridge, as Winchester is planning a water park all its own. Under date of May 2, 1856, Caleb Swan interleaved his copy of Brooks' history with the following:— White Island is within an eighth of a mile above Malden Bridge. In very high tides it is covered with water, same as the surrou
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., The old slave wall. (search)
ve street in West Medford is a brick wall, capped with thin slabs of stone, with a granite post at the southern end. Lilac bushes grow closely beside it, and till recently hid a part of it from view. Observant passers ask why this wall of bricks, when all the rest is of Medford granite? To answer this query, and to preserve a record of this Medford antiquity ere it is forgotten (or removed), the Register presents as its frontispiece; The Old Slave Wall, with this sketch thereof. Samuel Brooks (grandson of that Thomas Brooks of Concord who purchased land of Edward Collins) is said to have lived nearly opposite the Peter C. Brooks house; which locates his home at the site of this wall. His son Samuel, born 1700, inherited the estate, and the dwelling is mentioned as intact in 1855. It was demolished in 1860 and the materials removed. Some of its doors have been in daily use ever since in a house soon afterward built, and are good for many years more of service. This old