Dinosaurs in New England

Historical marker location:

214 Monsignor O'Brien Highway, Cambridge, Massachusetts

( Marker is on Museum of Science Driveway just east of Charles River Dam Road (Massachusetts Route 28), on the right when traveling east.)

Rocky Hill, Connecticut. 200 million years old.

The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was one of the most destructive fires in American history. It destroyed 65 acres of downtown Boston, including 776 buildings and caused $73.5 million in damage (equivalent to over $1.5 billion today).