Marion Gifford Borden Pineau (1916 – 2002) 

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Marion Gifford Borden Pineau (1916 – 2002)  Postmistress  1974-76 Main Road, Westport Point  A Memory by Susan Montgomery  When I first moved to The Point in September 1971, Marion and her husband Al were, respectively, assistant postmistress and postmaster, operating the 02791 Post Office in an addition they had built on […]

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Dorothy Wertz (1938 – 2003)

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT DOROTHY WERTZ Pioneer in genetic ethics 2002 Main Road, Westport Point Dorothy was described as “a voice for justice in health care, education and women’s rights across the globe.” She received a Ph.D. in Religion from Harvard in 1960 and taught at Bryn Mawr College.  Facing barriers in a male-dominated field, […]

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Blanche A. Paull (1890 – 1983) 

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT BLANCHE PAULL Blanche A. Paull Artist, Musician and Poet  2043 Main Road, Westport Point  Born in Taunton, MA in 1890, Blanche A. (Leonard) Paull was a painter, musician and poet. As a young girl she and her family often summered in Westport, arriving by horse-drawn wagon and camping on East Beach. […]

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Glenda Kirby Taber Broadbent (1918-2014) 

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT GLENDA BROADBENT Teacher and historian  1779 Main Road, Westport Point  “Those of us who grew up in Westport Point are the most fortunate people in the world. We had the river, the ocean, the world. We cared for everyone and everyone cared for us.” Glenda Broadbent Glenda was born on The […]

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Dorothy Robbins Curtis  (1910-2008) 

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT DOROTHY ROBBINS CURTIS Artist, writer, historian  1813 Main Road, Westport Point  “The written word can last longer and provide present and future generations with knowledge of the town – not like an old history book with dates, places and names strung together in a dull melange. Such things are often essential, […]

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Enella Benedict (1858 – 1942)

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT ENELLA BENEDICT Artist and arts educator 1885B Main Road, Westport Point Enella is remembered as “Miss Benedict” by local residents “with her old wicker baby carriage in which she carried her easel and paints. How she hated anyone who looked over her shoulder to see the picture she was working on.” […]

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Lois Tripp Slocum (1898 – 1951) 

WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT LOIS TRIPP SLOCUM Astronomer  2011 Main Road, Westport Point  Lois was not a resident of Westport Point but she was a frequent visitor, staying with her grandparents, Christopher and Eleanor Tripp, who lived at 2011 Main Road. Perhaps the clear night skies at the Point inspired her deep interest in the […]

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Buried treasure on Horseneck

Various local history publications have alluded to the legend that Captain Kidd buried his treasure on Liniken Island (for example, The Village at Westport Point  by Katherine Hall and Mary Sowle). It’s easy to dismiss this story as historical fiction, but the recent discovery of an 1888 Boston Globe article casts new light on this […]

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