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Colonial America

Plymouth Rock, a 10-ton granite rock originally on the shoreline of Plymouth Bay, is the traditional landing spot for the Pilgrims in 1620. There is no contemporary historical evidence that the disembarking Pilgrims stepped onto Plymouth Rock, an incident that appeared in print for the first time more than 100 years after the alleged event.

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Plymouth
The name "Plymouth" appeared perhaps for the first time in 1856. It was applied to a quartz mill located on the north bank of Dry Creek, about a mile or so from the town of Puckerville. Maybe this is where the name came from.       Meanwhile ...
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