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The Castle on Gibbet Hill: The Surprising History of Groton, Massachusetts
The Castle on Gibbet Hill: The Surprising History of Groton, Massachusetts in Bloomington, MN
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Best Book in US History- NABE Pinnacle Books Achievement Award 2023
New England Book Festival Honorable Mention 2023
When the Algonquin hunted and gathered on Gibbet Hill, the land was thickly forested and dotted with lakes. Centuries later, General William Amos Bancroft, mayor of Cambridge and president of the Boson Elevated Railway, built what is now known as the Castle-and set the scene for 100 years of drama.
This is the surprising story of the Castle on Gibbet Hill in
Groton, Massachusetts
-and the
hundreds of lives lived out here. The Hill was witness to a major battle of
King Philips War
. After it was suddenly sold by Bancroft in 1912 it became a private hospital and admitted patients returning from WWI, only to be closed when its owner became embroiled in the
US Contract Hospital
scandal.
Gibbet Hill was purchased by the super rich Danielson family, owners of
The Atlantic Monthly
and heirs to the Deering Tractor fortune. They founded the
Groton Hunt Club
in the 1920s. So symbolic was the hill that the
Ku Klux Klan
decided to erect a giant cross and set it on fire.
Daughter Marion Danielson bought the hill from her mother and founded one of the most important herds of
purebred Angus cattle
in America, influencing practices that created the modern breed we see today.
So why did General Bancroft abandon his plan for a grand baronial estate in Gibbet Hill? Was it the terrible
Boston El Strike of 1912
or was it something else? Cherie Dumont presents compelling new evidence.
New England Book Festival Honorable Mention 2023
When the Algonquin hunted and gathered on Gibbet Hill, the land was thickly forested and dotted with lakes. Centuries later, General William Amos Bancroft, mayor of Cambridge and president of the Boson Elevated Railway, built what is now known as the Castle-and set the scene for 100 years of drama.
This is the surprising story of the Castle on Gibbet Hill in
Groton, Massachusetts
-and the
hundreds of lives lived out here. The Hill was witness to a major battle of
King Philips War
. After it was suddenly sold by Bancroft in 1912 it became a private hospital and admitted patients returning from WWI, only to be closed when its owner became embroiled in the
US Contract Hospital
scandal.
Gibbet Hill was purchased by the super rich Danielson family, owners of
The Atlantic Monthly
and heirs to the Deering Tractor fortune. They founded the
Groton Hunt Club
in the 1920s. So symbolic was the hill that the
Ku Klux Klan
decided to erect a giant cross and set it on fire.
Daughter Marion Danielson bought the hill from her mother and founded one of the most important herds of
purebred Angus cattle
in America, influencing practices that created the modern breed we see today.
So why did General Bancroft abandon his plan for a grand baronial estate in Gibbet Hill? Was it the terrible
Boston El Strike of 1912
or was it something else? Cherie Dumont presents compelling new evidence.
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