"Mike Spencer" wrote in message
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"Jim Wilkins" writes:

My memory of visiting the Saugus Iron Works some 60 years ago was
that
it looked "authentic", ie crude, compared to the structure in our
1830
mill owner's house.

That was my impression, too. But dang! It worked! Pilgrims landed
at Plymouth in 1620 and set up a hardscrabble subsistence existence
on
the edge of the wilderness. Less than 30 years later, the ironworks
proprietors built a high-tech industrial plant even further out into
the wilderness.

(Roughly in the middle of that interval, Harvard College was founded
on
a muddy intersection across the river from the town of Boston with
all nine or so students enrolled.)

--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

Ironically the Pilgrims were saved by a local native named Squanto who
was more worldly and experienced than they were, having lived and
worked in London and on several voyages.

http://mayflowerhistory.com/tisquantum/
"On March 16, they got a surprise: an Indian named Samoset walked
right into the Colony and welcomed them in broken English."