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Were 10th and 11th Century Norse the first to land here? The debate goes on.  History books proclaim the Mayflower in 1620 as opening a tale of a land rich in legend and lore. The Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. The Salem witch trials.  The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. The whalers of New Bedford. And more.

Located in the center of New England, the Commonwealth is even shaped as a hook for history.  Politics, too.  In 1629 the first organized settlers re-organized as the Massachusetts Bay Company.  Then in 1691, they included what is now Maine into the Royal Colony.   

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Blandford -- Blandford Ski Area
Canton -- Blue Hills Ski Area
Charlemont -- Berkshire East
Great Barrington -- Butternut Basin
Hancock -- Jiminy Peak
Haverhill -- Ski Bradford
New Ashford -- Brodie Mountain Ski Resort
Otis -- Otis Ridge
Pittsfield -- Bosquet Ski Area
Princeton -- Wachusett Mountain Ski Area
Shrewsbury -- Ski Ward Ski Area
Westford -- Nashoba Valley Ski Area
   

And less than a century later, they were prime players in fomenting a more forceful "re-organization" in order to found a whole new nation.  Today this is a cultural center of New England, a technology center for the country, and it boasts a world-renown collection of universities and medical prowess.

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