Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1836
Last Indian Camp on Savin Hill.
On the site of the old fort. From photo made by James H. Stark in 1884. Pub. in Dorchester Day, Celebration of the Two Hundred and Seventy-Seventh Anniversary of the Settlement of Dorchester, June 8th, 1907. Boston, 1907.
Savin Hill was the location of a fort in colonial times due to the sweeping view of Dorchester Bay.
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