Old Fort
Fifty rods east is the site of the Old Fort built about 1670 as a place of defense and refuge in time of need. During King Philip's War an Indian making insulting gestures on Indian Rock across the Nemasket River was shot from the fort.
1930 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
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