Boston Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States
About Boston
The first people to arrive here discovered an archipelago of islands and isthmuses, filled with fruits of the land and sea. They called the land Shawmut, and would usefishweirsand tidal flows to catch their dinners. Calling themselvesMassachusett, meaning "people of the great hills" they chased the seasons, heading inland to hunker down in winter hunting camps, while fishing and foraging by the coast during summer. These eponymous great hills are today known as the Blue Hills, and are in nearby Milton. The first European immigrant to appear was William Blaxton, an English priest who began living alone atop Beacon Hill in 1629. The following year the flagshipArbellaand her fleet sailed from England, bringing hundreds of Puritan families across the Atlantic. Designated governor by the Massac
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