Susan Cheever, author of "Drinking in America: Our Secret History," shares an oft-forgotten detail of the Pilgrims' arrival at Plymouth Rock. Due to the unsafe drinking water, passengers on the ...

he was bereft because that wharf was going to cover up what we now know as Plymouth Rock. By all accounts, the very first time anyone mentions any rock in conjunction with the Pilgrims landing ...

Many events led to the nation’s beginnings like the establishment of Roanoke colony in 1585, Jamestown in 1607 and pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620, according to Smithsonian Magazine.