Two hundred years ago, the people of Hamilton harnessed the power of the Ipswich River to operate their mills and relied on Chebacco Lake for food and trade. Originally part of the town of Ipswich, Hamilton became a town in 1793. Many years later, it was a fashionable summer retreat for wealthy Bostonians. Hamilton takes the reader on a journey through time to see how life was in a small rural town, located between Salem and Ipswich. Within these pages, see the summer home of Gen. George S. Patton, a World War II hero of mythic proportion; the resting place of a sagamore with a macabre...

Established in 1643, the picturesque town of Wenham is located in
the heart of Essex County on Massachusetts's North Shore. The
town boasts of a "great pond" with ice so clear that "Queen Victoria
would have no other," 11 First Period Colonial homes, the Wenham
Museum, an immense and wild swamp, a unique teahouse, and a
doll that traveled the world as a goodwill ambassador. Historically,
Wenham was a farming community, but the advent of the railroad in
1839 and electric cars in 1895 brought opportunity for businesses, such
as a leather and a shoe factory, and...