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Few people to day think of Milton in terms of industrial repute, but, rather, as a place of estates, too aristocratic to be fashionable, of historic houses, and of charming walks and drives and views. FEW PEOPLE TO DAY THINK OF MILTON IN TERMS OF INDUSTRIAL REPUTE BUT RATHER AS A PLACE OF ESTATES TOO ARISTOCRATIC TO BE FASHIONABLE OF HISTORIC HOMES AND OF CHARMING WALKS AND DRIVES AND VIEWS
s packed along this ancient turnpike: incidents closer set than the tombs along the Appian Way. We will not try to hear them all. Neither will we follow the original road too closely, for we seek the beautiful pleasure drive of to-day more than the historic highway of long ago. Boston was made the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632. Plymouth was a capital a decade before. It is to Plymouth that we now set out. [Illustration] Chapter II MILTON AND THE BLUE HILLS [Illustration] Milton--a town of dignity and distinction! A town of enterprise and character! Ever since the first water-power mill in this country; the first powder mill in this country; the first chocolate mill in this country, and thus through a whole line of "first" things--the first violoncello, the first pianoforte, the first artificial spring leg, and the first railroad to see the light of day saw it in this grand old town--the name of Milton has been synonymous with initiative and men and women of character.  CHAPTER TWO OF THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH BY AGNES EDWARDS THIS LIVER VOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN CHAPTER TWO MILTON AND THE BLUE HILLS MILTON A TOWN OF DIGNITY AND DISTINCTION A TOWN OF ENTERPRISE AND CHARACTER EVER SINCE THE FIRST WATER POWER MILL IN THIS COUNTRY THE FIRST POWDER MILL IN THIS COUNTRY THE FIRST CHOCOLATE MILL IN THIS COUNTRY AND THUS THROUGH A WHOLE LINE OF FIRST THINGS THE FIRST VIOLONCELLO THE FIRST PIANOFORTE THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL SPRING LEG THE FIRST RAILROAD TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY SOUGHT IN THIS GRAND OLD TOWN THE NAME OF MILTON HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH INITIATIVE AND MEN AND WOMEN OF CHARACTER
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