As one of the earliest settlements in America; Rowley was founded by Rev. Ezekiel Rogers in 1639. Few towns as small in population have given more to the nation than Rowley; with so many firsts making up its history-from the great Puritan migration voyage across the sea that Rogers shared with the nations first printing press to Lorenzo Bradstreets invention of the Bradstreet Sleeper; which later evolved into the Pullman sleeping car.Rowley has much to offer: scenes of the village; and the historic town common; or the "Training Place;" where Benedict Arnolds expedition to Quebec encamped in 1775; the picturesque Glen Mills area with its 1642 stone arch bridge; and the site of the first fulling mill in the colonies (1642-1643); which manufactured the first cloth made in the Western world. The book displays images of country stores; wagon peddlers; and early gristmills and sawmills. It also shows shoe manufacturing; boatbuilding (at its peak in 1900); farming; and salt marsh haying. It truly brings to life another era in American history.
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