Pilgrim Spring
Posted by: 
dremoto
N 42° 03.369 W 070° 06.164
19T E 408754 N 4656598
Spot of pilgrims first drink of water in the New World.
Waymark Code: WM4TGR
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2008
Views: 37
The next morning at about ten o'clock the men were marching through the woods again when they came into a deep valley full of brush, wood gaille and long grass. They moved down into the clearing and at the bottom of the hill they found a fresh water spring. At the spring, the exploring party sat down to rest. Here they drank their first New England water. Edward Winslow wrote later, "with as much delight as ever we drunk drink in all our lives." This is one of the few spots along the Pilgrim route of exploration which still remains in an unaltered state. After more than 350 years, Pilgrim Spring still flows in its natural state.
Inscription As Follows........
FOUND NOVEMBER SIXTEENTH ANNO DOMINI ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY BY AN EXPLORING PARTY SENT BY THE FIRST BODY POLITIC. "ABOUT TEN O CLOCKE WE CAME INTO A DEEPE VALLEY FULL OF BRUSH, WOOD-GAILE AND LONG GRASS. THROUGH WHICH WE FOUND LITTLE PATHS OR TRACTS AND THERE WE SAW A DEERE, AND FOUND SPRINGS OF FRESH WATER, OF WHICH WE WERE HEARTILY GLAD AND SAT US DOWNE AND DRUNKE OUR FIRST NEW ENGLAND WATER"
Agency Responsible for Placement: Other (Place below)
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): VVR
Year Placed: 1926
County: Barnstable
City/Town Name: Truro
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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