• Boston was built on three hills of which two were cut down to provide landfill to expand the area of the city
  • Boston Common was established in 1634 as America’s first public park
  • Founded in Massachusetts, Dunkin Donuts outnumber Starbucks nearly 10 to 1 in Boston
  • Boston’s Tremont House opened in 1829 as the first deluxe hotel in the city and the first hotel with indoor plumbing and running water
  • The Boston Latin School opened in 1635 as the first public school in the America and is still open today
  • The original name of Boston was Trimountaine, named for the three hills on which the city was built
  • Tremont, a popular name of streets, hotels, etc., in the Boston area is a contraction of Trimountaine
  • On January 15, 1919, the Great Molasses Flood occurred in the North End of Boston killing 21 people and taking more than 6 months to remove