An abundance of granite was found in many of the Mine Hills quarries of Roxbury. They provided the building materials for the Ore Roaster and Blast Furnace--as well as for such world wonders as the Brooklyn Bridge and Grand Central Station in New York City.
This lovely, upscale New England community was still a primitive, budding part of U.S. history when Jessie May Ward, (my grandmother) was born there--May 22, 1876. She always referenced the fact that she was born in the Centennial year of our country. At the age of eight, the only girl in a one-room schoolhouse--she encountered an annoying bully by the name of Eddie Garlock.
As they matured, their relationship changed and they often slipped away from the members of the Congregational Church gathering for Sunday School conventions. The people of Roxbury thronged to these gatherings that fmet in a grove of trees by the railroad depot. Jessie and Eddie would find seclusion at Roxbury Falls (pictured), where they eventually planned their elopement to Brewster, New York.
Read more about Roxbury, and the tumultuous lives of Jessie May and Eddie Garlock in the soon-to-be released book--"Generations".
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