Plymoth, MA

Today we drove north about 30 min. to the town of Plymoth to see the Plimoth Plantation. This is built on the sight of the original settlement of the 120 people who came on the Mayflower in 1620. The site consists of the recreated Wampanoug Indian village and the recreated English village that was also the site of the Wampanoug village that was wiped out by disease. The recreated village is about 1/3 the size of the original village where the Standishes, Aldens and others first lived. We then drove past Plymoth Rock and the Mayflower 11 but didn't stop as we had seen them before. We stopped at the Harlow Old Fort House but it was closed so we didn't get to see inside. Then we drove about 6 miles north to Duxbury where the Alden House is located. This is still owned by the descendants of John Alden. We had a very interesting tour of the house. We were the only ones there so got a very in depth tour and history of John & Priscella Alden. The inside is still pretty much as it was built as is the outside but it looks like it a more modern house as the windows and doors are not from the 1630's. The original cabin was not at this location but they feel that some of the timbers and lumber from it were used to build the present house which started as a one story house and with 3 additions it became the house it is today. It has the 18 inch wide floor planks and you can see the wooden pegs that hold it together in places. There is on small room that has the original wall paper and you can see where they had used news paper between it and the wood walls. House is bottom photo.