Cobblestones Home : Colonial Trail : Munjoy Hill

Munjoy Neck, now known as Munjoy Hill, was first settled in 1632, by George Munjoy. As more people settled into “Falmouth”(Portland area), it became clear that Munjoy Neck was “Falmouth’s” melting pot, as it still is today. When Irish, Italian, and Jewish people, as well as many other ethnic groups started coming to Portland, they went to

Munjoy Hill. It wasn’t always a hustly bustly place in Eastern Portland. Before 1807 it was just a cow pasture with a few houses. Only one large event really happened before 1807 that was remembered. In 1727, the governor of Massachusetts and 200 Native Americans celebrated peace with a “powwow.” As soon as the Observatory was built, Munjoy Hill slowly started growing. In fact, in 1910, the North School on Munjoy Hill had 1,000 students enrolled.

Munjoy Hill would be a good place for the Portland Freedom Trail because it’s a big chunk of Portland. Usually with the bigger the chunk of land, the more history there is; Munjoy Hill has a lot of

history. I already gave you some interesting pieces of history in the latter paragraph, and as you can tell, it was, and still is a very important part of Portland. The Observatory, which you can still see well, even across the bay, is located on the hill, which was very important thing for people to know ships were in, back in the 17 & 1800’s. In short, Munjoy Hill is a very historical place, therefore it is vital for the Portland Freedom trail.

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