#dogtown

Boulders in now abandoned Dogtown, MA. In the 1930s millionaire Roger Babson commissioned unemployed stonecutters to engrave 35 glacial erratics in the abandoned village where his relatives once lived with “inspirational” phrases after the announcement of the stock market crash that would lead to the Great Depression.

Edit: The “First Attacked” boulder was inscribed in 1892 at the site where local James Mary was gored by a bull while picking berries. Roger Babson would later inscribe a nearby boulder with “NEVER TRY NEVER WIN”

"Didn't think I'd find such a cozy place in Dogtown. You sure you can't come visit?"