Posted on April 24, 2018 by Jenny ONeill

Account book details tannery activities, approximate dates 1769-1777 Calf skins, hides, leather, bark, horse skins, dog skins, sheep skins. Includes a list of initials used to identify the owner of the skins. Accession 2018.009 To view larger images, click once on image. First Daniel Last Allen Brand DA Peter Allen PA Constant Baly CPB Joseph […]

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Jenny ONeill

Herb Hadfield 1928 – 1989 “I’m going to turn around 180 degrees and take a big step forward. I’m building a log cabin in the woods and I’m not going to have any electricity, no telephone. I’m going to try to do it myself, and if I succeed in some of these areas, I can […]

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Jenny ONeill

The recent Now picture was taken at the top of the boat ramp at Hix Bridge. You will note the house on the right in the background on Drift Rd appears in both the Then and Now photos. The cape to the south of the first house in the Then photo is blocked by trees […]

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Jenny ONeill

Cadmans Neck, Westport MA in the 1930s from Westport Historical Society on Vimeo.

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Jenny ONeill

How did Westport weather the Blizzard of February 1978?    

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Jenny ONeill

A remarkably short-lived newspaper, March 1947 to August 1947, also remarkably costly at 25 cents per issue! Articles focus on concerns about traffic jams on Main Road, the dump at Horseneck Beach, and development of “Horseneck Village” by the Horseneck Beach Development Co. Plans for Horseneck included “leveling the dunes to make cottage sites and […]