NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
AND REMINDER 
Vol. XI 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, July 4 
, 1913 
No. 27 
Beverly, the Summer Resort 
Some Historical Traditions 
By MARY TAYLOR FALT 
BEVERLY'S seashore territory is claimed to have been 
the first in New England to have been sought for 
summer homes. This assertion excites renewed interest 
‘in the traditions of Beverly, her beginnings as a sum- 
mer resort, her present day affluence and fame as the 
summer home of the leading men of the country and multi- 
millionaires. Every headland of Beverly’s coast line 
from Tuck’s Point, Manchester, to Paine’s Head, Bev- 
erly, was originally fishing stages of the early settlers, 
who erected their fish flakes upon them and cured there 
thousands of tons of fish. 
Starting from the present Beverly Farms section 
of Beverly this article will endeavor to present the 
traditional and historical derivation and origin of such 
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modern famous resorts of Beverly as ‘‘The Farms,’’ 
Pride’s Crossing, Cushing, Hospital and Burgess Points, 
Montserrat, ete. 
Beverly Farms or West Farms derived its name 
from John West of Ipswich. About 1650 he bought 
from John Blackleach, a freeman of Beverly in 1635, 
300 acres of Beverly’s colonial lands. This large terri- 
tory extended from the Woodbury (or Paine) estate 
westerly to Jeffery’s Creek (Manchester). West Beach 
at Beverly Farms thus derived its’ name. 
Pride’s Crossing, owes its name to Peter Pride, one 
of Beverly’s early settlers in 1660, who received his 
grant of land at or near the present Pride’s Crossing 
on condition that ‘‘he direct travelers passing that 
THE H. C. FRICK MANSION AT PRIDE’S 
