5/5 Victor Olaore O. 7 months ago on Google
Let
me
take
you
through
the
brief
history
of
Nahant
Beach
and
Town!
The
Town
of
Nahant
is
a
resort
town
of
rocky
coasts
in
the
southernmost
part
of
Essex
County.
Used
in
early
colonial
days
as
a
grazing
area
for
cattle,
sheep,
and
goat
flocks
owned
by
Lynn
residents,
Nahant
very
soon
became
a
maritime
community
with
a
small
population
devoted
to
fishing.
Settlers
were
granted
land
for
homesites,
but
only
if
they
also
spent
time
fishing
and
small
boat
fishing
developed
before
1640.
Disputed
land
claims
were
the
hallmark
of
the
town’s
early
years
since
the
Sachem
of
Nahant,
Poquanum
(also
called
Duke
William,
Black
Will
or
Dark-skin)
apparently
sold
the
same
town
site
to
three
different
sets
of
people.
By
1657,
Nahant
was
laid
out
in
planting
lots
of
equal
shares
for
all
residents
of
Lynn
with
the
requirement
that
all
lots
were
to
be
cleared
of
wood
in
6
years.
This
mandate
effectively
stripped
Nahant
of
all
its
first
growth
woodlands.
The
town
became
a
resort
mecca
very
early
on
with
chaises
coming
from
Lynn.
Visitors
stayed
in
boarding
houses
or
private
homes,
and
the
first
hotel
was
built
by
1803.
In
1817,
a
steamboat
sailed
from
Boston
to
Nahant
daily,
and
by
1826,
a
stage
from
the
Nahant
Hotel
connected
twice
a
day
with
coaches
running
between
Boston
and
Salem.
Fishing
and
several
shoe
shops
were
the
major
businesses
aside
from
agriculture
and
tourism,
and
even
up
to
1830
year-round
residents
were
very
few.
Thomas
Handyside
Perkins,
a
prominent
Boston
businessman,
built
a
hotel
in
Nahant
in
1823,
which
featured
a
bowling
alley,
and
by
the
1840’s
the
town
was
already
celebrated
as
the
summer
resort
of
Boston’s
elite.
Incorporated
in
1853,
the
town
was
the
site
of
the
most
massive
hotel
complex
on
the
Atlantic
Coast
and
the
location
of
an
annual
regatta.
By
the
end
of
the
19th
century,
there
was
a
visible
shift
away
from
hotels
and
toward
residences.
An
era
of
skyrocketing
growth
began
about
1870
and
continued
unabated
for
the
next
four
decades,
with
construction
firms
putting
up
hundreds
of
summer
homes
for
visitors
to
the
town.
In
the
modern
era,
Nahant
has
protected
its
residential
status,
and
farming
and
industrial
activity
have
disappeared.
Nahant
is
located
in
Eastern
Massachusetts.
It
is
a
peninsula
jutting
south
of
Lynn
and
surrounded
on
three
sides
by
the
Atlantic
Ocean.
Nahant
is
14
miles
north
of
Boston;
98
miles
south
of
Portland,
Maine;
and
232
miles
from
New
York
City.
Nahant
has
a
land
area
of
1.24
square
miles
and
a
total
area
of
15.48
square
miles.
Let
me
share
some
pictures
with
you
as
well.
For
your
update,
do
not
attempt
to
swim
in
the
beach,
as
life
guards
are
not
available,
no
alcohol
is
allowed
on
the
beach.
The
beach
has
lots
of
parking
spaces
for
over
2,000
vehicles,
and
that's
super
amazing.
There
are
two
standard
public
rest
rooms,
including
a
changing
room
for
babies.
Enjoy
the
pictures
I
have
for
you..
