Boston, Massachusetts History

Historical Societies@ Historic Sites@ Historic Tours@ Boston Historical Society and Museum, The Boston History Collaborative, The Boston History Information Boston Massacre Files, The Boston Radio Archives, The Boston Red Sox History iBoston.org - Boston history and architecture Museum of Afro-American History Boston The History of Boston The first English immigrant to settle in Boston was the Reverend William Blackstone. He came by himself in 1629, to a peninsula by a stream, called by the local Algonquin inhabitants, Shawmet. A year later, John Winthrop and his Puritan settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, arrived to the north in Salem. Finding Salem less than desirable for a settlement, Blackstone invited Winthrop to visit Shawmut. read more...