During the first two centuries of the Ipswich settlement, the tidal stream known as Gould's Creek was known as "Labor-in-Vain Crick." Having rowed against the incoming and outgoing tides passing under Gould's Bridge, it's quite obvious how the creek got its name. For about a mile flowing inward, it saturates the salt marsh between Labor… Continue reading The Labor in Vain Farm of Thomas & Elisabeth Emerson of Bishop’s Stortford, England, and Ipswich, Massachusetts
Historic Ipswich 