In the early 20th Century, Samuel J. Goodhue operated a canoe rental business on the Ipswich River at the end of Peatfield St in the area known as Pole Alley. Samuel J. Goodhue was born in 1852 and suffered from a crippling birth defect. He died in 1912, and his monument is at the Old North Burying Ground in Ipswich. His home was immediately behind the business, but neither building still stands.
Historic Ipswich 