Bear Skin Neck
Named from a bear caught by the tide and killed in 1700. Commercial and shipbuilding center of Rockport for 150 years. First dock built here 1743, Sandy Bay Pier Company organized 1809. Site of stone fort and Sea Fencibles Barrack during War of 1812.
1930 text, presented as a historical document.
Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library
Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
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