Babson Boulders of Gloucester, MA 

"Another thing I have been doing, which I hope will be carried on after my death, is the carving of mottoes on the boulders at Dogtown, Gloucester, Massachusetts. My family says that I am defacing the boulders and disgracing the family with these inscriptions, but the work gives me a lot of satisfaction, fresh air, excerise and sunshine. I am really trying to write a simple book with words carved in stone instead of printed paper. Besides, when on Dogtown common, I revert to a boyhood which I once enjoyed when driving cows there many years ago."

Roger Babson, "Actions and Reactions", 1935

Google Map Boulder Locations

Click and load this puppy into your phone. Walk around and move your dot onto the boulder dot - you're there! How simple is that? Click the icon below!


Babson Boulder Trail Map.pdf

(right click to download)

Now includes GPS coordinates! Print it out in Hi-rez, get out to Gloucester and start wanderin' around in the woods! See them for yourself!

An older map: (hand drawn)

Google Earth .kmz file

GPS Boulder Locations .gpx file

Babson Boulder Virtual 360° Tour

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The Babson Boulder Mottos:

COURAGE • IDEAS • HELP MOTHER • KINDNESS • LOYALTY • IF WORK STOPS • VALUES DECAY • BE ON TIME • GET A JOB • INDUSTRY • INITIATIVE • INTEGRITY • KEEP OUT OF DEBT • SAVE • SPIRITUAL POWER • STUDY • TRUTH • WORK • BE CLEAN • BE TRUE • PROSPERITY FOLLOWS SERVICE • USE YOUR HEAD • IDEALS • INTELLIGENCE • NEVER TRY/NEVER WIN

re: Moraine Boulder - Most these bolders were left behind by a melting glacier thousands of years ago. This is the terminal moraine which marks the maximum advance of the glacier.

re: First Attacked /Jas Merry Died - James Merry, a Spainard who lived in Gloucester, liked to wrestle and fight bulls in what was once a pasture here. Eventually a bull he had been tormenting for years killed him in this spot, and this rock was covered in his blood. He was FIRST ATTACKED at the previous boulder.

Babson Boulders Vintage Photos - Circa 1935