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The early settlers of Beverly were primarily farmers and fishermen. Dried, salted codfish was the basis of the trade with the southern colonies; merchants also traded timber as well as items for building houses, such as shingles, sawn boards, clapboards, and rough-hewn beams.
Beverly, Mass. Album of approximately 19 mounted 3 x 5" photos, postcards and newsclippings (illustrated) of buildings and streets. Undated, though probably 1910-1925. Details
History. Beverly Farms and the adjacent Prides Crossing were originally farming communities. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, wealthy residents of Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York City built summer cottages along the seashore.
Beverly Farms (MA) Memories... supporting the Beverly Farms History Project. This group exists to collect information on the colorful history of the "towns" of Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing Massachusetts.
16 gru 2008 · Zoom into this map at maps.bpl.org . Publisher: Lacroix, G. J. Date: 1888 Location: Beverly (Mass.), Beverly Farms (Mass.) Dimension 30x44cm Scale: [ca. 1:2,724] Call Number: G3764.B5 1888 .M3x
These antique maps and atlases are part of the Historic Map Works, Residential Genealogy™ historical map collection, the largest digital collection of rare, ancient, old, historical, cadastral and antiquarian maps of its type.
Beverly Farms was known for its long green fields and deep woods. Because of it’s fertile soil there were a lot of farms in the Farms. The most common crops were hay, Indian corn, rye, oats, barley and potatoes. Beverly Farms was used for farming for over 200 years.
