The Algonquian language spoken by the Massachuset tribe of Native Americans gave our state its name which means large hill place The name refers to Great Blue Hill the tallest rising 635 feet of the 22 hill Blue Hills chain found near Boston Residents of Massachusetts were also officially designated Bay Staters on December 18 1990 This name comes from the Pilgrims first settlement on Cape Cod Bay Massachusetts is a small state the 45th largest in the United States but it has a widely varied topography Its land ranges from rocky beaches along its coast to fertile valleys and rivers in its central sections to the Berkshire Hills mountain range in the western half of the state Mt Greylock in the Berkshires rises 3 491 feet making it the state's highest spot
Our beginning letter I starts this book a special way for A stands for Algonquin AL GONE QWIN the native language of the tribe that gave our state the name which fills us all with pride Massachusetts
Boston the state's capital is a busy seaport and the largest city in New England Boston got its name in 1632 from the English Puritans who founded the city on the peninsula and made it the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony The Puritans called Boston after their hometown in England Because they thought that cooking on Sunday was a sin the Puritans often made baked beans on Saturday to eat as Sunday dinner earning Boston the nick name Beantown Outside Boston is Bunker Hill the site where the first major Revolutionary War battle was fought Springfield is the site of the first game of basketball It was invented by Dr James Naismith a physical education teacher in 1891 using peach baskets for hoops
D's the sound that can be found in Boston town and Bunker Hill and bouncy bouncy Basketball played first in Springfield What a thrill
