1646A common highway was laid out of the woods.Economy and Industry, Government and Public Service, Infrastructure, Transportation

Gloucester Town Records, 1642-1715. Vol. 1, 1715, https://archive.org/details/GLOTownRecords16921715Images, p. 6.

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The highway ran east of Mill River, through Riverdale, which may be along what is now Cherry St.

Essex Institute, Thomas E. Babson. Evolutions of Cape Ann Roads and Transportation, 1623-1955: A Talk before the Cape Ann Historical Association, April 11, 1955. Oct. 1955, https://archive.org/details/essexinstitutehi91esse/page/n351/mode/2up?view=theater

Other Events

1644 (c.)
A second mill was built at Fox Hill.
1645
John Winthrop's Journal provides the earliest account of colonial vessels sent to the Grand Banks.
1646
A common highway was laid out of the woods.
1647
The General Court passed an education law.

1646A common highway was laid out of the woods.Economy and Industry, Government and Public Service, Infrastructure, Transportation

Other Events

A second mill was built at Fox Hill.

John Winthrop's Journal provides the earliest account of colonial vessels sent to the Grand Banks.

A common highway was laid out of the woods.

The General Court passed an education law.