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Posted on January 23, 2019 by Jenny ONeill

The Region Near Hix Bridge by Gladys Gifford Kirby published in 1925

On June 20, 1925, the Old Dartmouth Historical Society again visited the Hix Bridge area, as it had in 1912. Seated under the trees at the Handy house as guests of its owners, Mr. & Mrs. Abbott P. Smith, the society was first addressed by its president, George H. Tripp, and then heard a paper […]

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