Raylene Hinz-Penner here, a Liberal, Kansas native, retired English professor now living in Newton, with a glimpse into Wordy ...

In 1690, the first paper money in America was issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony to finance a military expedition to Canada.

I’m Bob Seay and this is a Radio Readers BookByte from High Plains Public Radio. I’ve been reading Sarah Vowell’s book, The ...

Here's what to know about the history of Massachusetts as the ... the Pilgrims first settled near Plymouth Rock, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was officially founded in 1630 by a group of Puritan ...

When the Massachusetts Bay Colony was first founded in 1630 ... they destroyed Boston Light with explosives. More MA history:The oldest town in MA is older than the country.

In Massachusetts Bay Colony the first execution was in 1630 ... was on the verge of losing its liberty. He said that the history of using punishment by death (e.g., the Romans, 20 years of ...

In 1623, former Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow rushed west from Plymouth to visit Ousamequin, the Pilgrims’ Pokanoket ...

At one point, the settlement seemed poised “to become the city of destiny,” one historian wrote. But it didn’t last.

The Board of Directors of United Way of Massachusetts Bay has unanimously approved the appointment of Marty Martinez to serve as the organization’s president and chief executive officer.