Beaver Brook Historic Reservation Walk, December 14, 2024

It was a chilly but sunny day as fifteen people strolled around the southern part of BBH Reservation, the first park established by the Commonwealth in 1893. We admired many special trees, briefly crossed over Beaver Brook into Belmont, and learned that the non-profit that would be become The Trustees of Reservations was formed in 1892 to save the endangered Waverly Oak–making it the first conservation group in the country. A few days after the walk, a news piece about how the state is digitizing its historic documents highlighted plans of BBH, then called Beaver Brook Oaks! Note how they are marked Plan #1 for the state in 1893!

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