Date: May 20, 2017 Time: 10:00 am  to  12:00 pm Members-only event! Join us for an outdoor exploration of one of Westport’s historic farms and the Watuppa Reservation headquarters. The Blossom farm was one of the oldest and most prominent on the eastern shore of the North Watuppa. . In 1911, the Watuppa Reservoir Commission […]

Date: April 7, 2017 Time: 10:30 am  to  12:00 pm Presented by Albert Lees III 10:30 AM Friday April 7 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport Albert Lees III presents highlights from his father’s extensive local history archives which include many rarely seen images of Westport: “My father, who loved […]

Date: March 3, 2017 Time: 10:30 am  to  12:00 pm 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, […]

Date: January 13, 2017 Time: 10:30 am  to  12:00 pm At the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport 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 […]

Date: January 6, 2017 Time: 10:30 am  to  11:30 am Postponed to January 13 At the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport 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 […]

Date: December 2, 2016 Time: 10:30 am  to  11:30 am At the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport This program explores the fascinating connections between Paul Cuffe and a wider network of friends and family in Westport and beyond.  Among his friends were Sylvester Gifford, the white master of Cuffe’s most famous […]

Date: October 22, 2016 Time: 10:00 am  to  4:00 pm 10 AM – 4 PM Saturday October 22 at the Handy House, 202 Hix Bridge Road The witch flies again at the Westport Historical Society’s popular free Halloween program at the historic Handy House. “Dr. Handy and the Wonderfully Wicked Witches” offers children and their […]

Date: October 20, 2016 Time: 6:30 pm  to  8:00 pm 6.30 PM Thursday October 20 at the Westport Grange, 931 Main Road, Westport Whaling was a dangerous business. The book (and recent movie) In the Heart of the Sea depicts the ordeal of a Nantucket whaling crew whose ship is destroyed by a whale. Our […]

Date: September 25, 2016 Time: 12:00 am  to  12:00 am

Date: September 15, 2016 Time: 7:00 pm  to  8:30 pm 7 PM Thursday September 15 at the Westport Grange, 931 Main Road, Westport Armchair travel down memory lane to revisit some icons of Route 6 such as The Narrows, once a magnet for the town’s nightlife, drawing crowds with professional singers, comedians, and dancers. Along […]