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 […]
Continue ReadingPosted 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 […]
Continue ReadingPosted on January 21, 2018 by Jenny ONeill
This is an evolving series of images using postcards from our collection. Check back soon to view more Now and Then images as they are added to our website. (Thanks to Ray Shaw for many of the “now” photographs) This is 552 Old County Road, at the Head of Westport built in 1843, the […]
Continue ReadingPosted on January 15, 2018 by Jenny ONeill
Native Americans of Dartmouth and Westport A Presentation by R. Andrew Pierce Westport Historical Society January 13, 2018 Select Bibliography Akin, Benjamin of Dartmouth, Mass. Account Book. Ms 204, Dubois Library, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. Boston Evening Post, 26 May 1738, story about Dartmouth squaw killing her infant daughter, she was committed to Bristol […]
Continue ReadingPosted on December 28, 2017 by Jenny ONeill
The best-known citizen of Westport is Paul Cuffe, a master mariner with African and Indian roots who rose to prominence as a captain, ship-builder, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and advocate for civil rights and school integration. Less well known is Pardon Cook, also an accomplished master mariner from Westport, who commanded more whaling voyages than any other […]
Continue ReadingPosted on June 26, 2017 by Jenny ONeill
I knew Gooseberry was a popular place, but I really didn’t expect such a turn out. What fun! And so many of you had some wonderful things to add about Gooseberry conveying facts and flavor that were wonderful to hear. Link to slideshow The preceding includes an embedded link to the wonderful David Sprogis drone […]
Continue ReadingPosted 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 […]
Continue ReadingPosted on March 13, 2017 by Jenny ONeill
Cadmans Neck, Westport MA in the 1930s from Westport Historical Society on Vimeo.
Continue ReadingPosted on March 13, 2017 by Jenny ONeill
Listen to a recording of this presentation: Westport native Edward Davoll learned whaling at 18, made captain by 25, and appeared to be on his way to a successful career. But some bad luck and a downturn in the whaling industry in the 1850s, coupled with his disillusionment with life at sea, led him to […]
Continue ReadingPosted on February 22, 2017 by Jenny ONeill
Recent intensive research on many matters relating to Paul Cuffe and his family has produced some interesting new insights into his life as well as that of other family members. Some of the highlights of this research are the following: Greater certainty as to the timing and people involved in freeing Cuff Slocum, Paul Cuffe’s […]
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