Description: One of the earliest mill communities in the Massachusetts Bay Colony formed along Spot Pond Brook, a few miles north of Boston. Thomas Coytmore built the first mill in 1640 at the brook's downstream end in "Mistick Side" (present-day Malden). Other mills
Review Quotes: Environmental scientists Heath and Simcox have written four books on local history: "Breakheart Reservation," "Middlesex Fells," and "Lake Quannapowitt," as well as this most recent title. Autographed copies of "The Lost Mill Village of Middlesex Fells," published by the History Press, will be available. They give free public tours on request of Breakheart Reservation in Saugus, Middlesex Fells Reservation (Melrose, Stoneham and Winchester), and Lake Quannapowitt (Wakefield). Wicked Local