Plymouth rock

See a piece of history, and stop to say hello to the Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock during your roadtrip of Southeastern Massachusetts.

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Barred rocks/Plymouth rocks

The Barred Rock, a popular variety of Plymouth Rock, is known for its striking black-and-white feathers, friendly demeanor, and excellent egg-laying ability. Beloved by backyard chicken keepers, Barred Rocks are hardy, great foragers, and make wonderful additions to any flock.

In Plymouth, Massachusetts, you can tour reproductions of the Mayflower and the first English settlement. The daily life of the Native Americans, here long before the English, is on display at Patuxet. Add to your day a visit to a grist mill, a look at (tiny) Plymouth Rock, and sampling local beers, and you have lots of possibilities for enjoyment.

Plymouth Rock is known the world over as the rock the Mayflower Pilgrims stepped on in 1620 to disembark from their shallop to land. Historians have argued since it was...

“Plymouth is a town and county-seat of Plymouth co., Mass.; on Plymouth Bay, 37 miles S. E. of Boston. Plymouth is of importance as the spot where the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Dec. 21, 1620. A portion of the rock on which they first stepped has been placed in front of Pilgrim Hall, in which are preserved old books, paintings, pictures, and other valuable relics. The rock itself is in Water Street, and is covered by a handsome granite canopy."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

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