Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Ancient Territory of Sachem Nanepashemet, 1619

This site is named after Nanepashemet, Great Sachem of the Naumkeag, Massachusett, and Sagamore tribes. His domain extended from the Charles River in Boston to the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire, and as far west as Concord, Massachusetts. There are conflicting accounts of his death. Most say that he was killed by a war party of Taratines from Maine in 1619, but other accounts have him living until 1634. Our market area, where our company maintains the strongest development knowledge, follows the same geographical boundaries, hence we honor the legacy of Nanepashemet by naming our enterprizes after him.

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