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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.
In 1669, when Blackleach’s Pond in Beverly Farms broke through to the sea, destroying a section of the Ancient Highway, a new road was routed through a section of the commons, forming what is now sections of Thissel and Hale Streets.
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.
11 lut 2023 · Beverly is a historic town located in Essex County in Massachusetts. Beverly was once a part of Salem but later separated from it in the mid 17th-century when it was incorporated as its own town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The following is a timeline of the history of Beverly: 1635:
Beverly is a beautiful seaside community located on Massachusetts’ North Shore. With miles of coastline, public parks and beaches and lots of open space, Beverly is rightly called “The Garden City.” Originally part of Salem and the Naumkeag Territory, the area was first settled in 1626.
