William Almy, Jr. Interviewed by Mary Giles October 25, 1975 William Almy – “According to the early records of the Almy family here in Westport, William Almy, the sone of Captain Christopher Almy and Elizabeth Cornell, was born October 27,...
This project was supported by Community Preservation Act funds granted by Westport Community Preservation Committee http://www.westport-ma.com/cpc/index.html Project work completed by Christa M. Beranek and Katharine M. Johnson Fiske Center for Archaeological Research, University of Massachusetts Boston Introduction The Waite-Kirby-Potter House...
http://nehousehistorian.blogspot.com/2010/08/house-histories-in-westport-ma.html...
The Historical Society has discovered an old weekly newspaper from 1896 called Westport News but can’t find any other information, such as who published the paper and for how long. http://www.wickedlocal.com/fall-river/news/x41629578/Westport-Historical-Society-finds-old-newspaper-seeks-information-on-its-origin...
Temperance – the campaign to curtail the consumption of alcohol – was an important reform movement in the 19th century. Westport had a number of active temperance groups, and one of the most effective and controversial was the Washingtonians, who...
The following articles were found in copies of the New Bedford Evening Standard. Topics include the Civil War, fishing at Westport Point, fox hunting, summer activities at Westport Point and much much more. Enjoy the oddities! The Lobster trade July...
This letter appeared in the March 2 1863 edition of New Bedford Evening Standard....
2011 marks the beginning of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. In preparation for this anniversary Westport Historical Society is undertaking research into Westporters who were involved with the Civil War as soldiers, medical officers and...
Adapted from The Archeological Reconnaissance Survey of Westport, Massachusetts 2004. Please contact Westport Historical Society for further information. Included here are summary histories of North Westport, Westport Factory, South Westport, Head of Westport, Westport Point, Westport Harbor, and Horseneck. North...
Adapted from The Archeological Reconnaissance Survey of Westport, Massachusetts 2004. Please contact Westport Historical Society for further information. The historic period in Westport is categorized as beginning with Native/European contact and includes both Native American and Euro-American cultural components through...
Even by Westport’s standards, Cadman’s Neck is off the beaten track. This small promontory of land edging into the east branch of Westport River is easily bypassed on Hix Bridge Road. However, what is now a secluded community was once...
Three virtual exhibits are online, courtesy of Jon Alden, vice president of the Westport Historical Scoiety. These are amixture of photos and text about Westport and can be found here: � Community on Camera Exhibition 11-30-2006 � Westport Whaling in...
Bruce White Most accounts of cotton manufacturing in New England describe a progression from the small rural water-powered cotton-spinning operations, through the larger “company town” enterprises that extended the spinning of yarn to the manufacture of cloth, to the fully...
Someone left a clipping from the Personals section of a paper – no doubt a New Bedford one – on a table in the Bell School. When it was left, and why it had remained on that table, is...
There are references to sailing into and out of Westport in several whaling logs. We print here – with a few comments – selections from some of them. We are grateful to Michael Dyer, Librarian of the New Bedford...
We drive them all the time, but rarely give a thought to the roads of Westport. And yet they are of historical interest for a number of reasons. A quick glance at the map on p. 23 of A look...
This Web site now contains a special exhibit of more than 100 photographs and related text. You can reach it any time by clicking on "Westport Memories" in the main menu at the top and bottom of the page. The...
Howe was a friend, confidante and adviser of FDR, and FDR in fact did visit Howe at his summer cottage on Horseneck Beach. Howe was early convinced that Roosevelt would be President one day, hence the salutation. FDR did come...
This poem was written by Charlotte White, half black, half Native American, and was born in 1775. Charlotte White Rd. is named after her. You can see a picture of her in our "Westport Enters its Fifth Century" p. 57....
Did Herman Melville ever visit Westport? We will probably never know, but the following item from The Melville Log (Edited by Jay Leyda, NY:Gordian Press, 1969) suggests that he may have: “NEW YORK Late April? M writes to Henry Willcox...
Wednesday noon, Sept. 21, 1938, I lunched at my father’s house on Rock Street in Fall River. The wind was then blowing approximately South by East with noticeable velocity, roaring through the trees in the city, and small branches were falling. We discussed at luncheon the speed of the wind, estimating it to be between thirty and forty miles per hour at about one o’clock. We also speculated whether this could be the West Indies Hurricane whose approach along the Atlantic Coast we had watched through newspaper reports for several days.
There are a number of poems (or parts of poems) in the logs of the ship Harbinger, and we thought it might be a good idea to print them here. The final one, as you will observe, is incomplete:...
The April 10, 2003 issue of Shorelines contains two articles on alewives. These small fish typically return to Westport in the Spring, and are of interest to humans (for bait) and birds (for food). Because of pollution in the rivers...
It is always well to know where you are. I learned this some seventeen years ago when I decided at last to look for a vacation or summer house. My mother’s family stemmed from John Dyer Rd. in Adamsville, RI,...