William Almy oral history interview 1975

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,...

Recent Archaeological Excavations at the Waite-Kirby-Potter Site

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...

Find out more about how to do a house history

http://nehousehistorian.blogspot.com/2010/08/house-histories-in-westport-ma.html...

Westport News

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...

The Washingtonians and the Nineteenth-Century Temperance Movement in Westport

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...

Westport news in the 1860s

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...

Thomas Mayhew writes a letter about Paul Cuffe

This letter appeared in the March 2 1863 edition of New Bedford Evening Standard....

Westporters and the Civil War

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...

History of Westport's villages

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...

Chronology of Westport History 1500 – present

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...

Cadman's Neck: Westport's 19th Century Tented City

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 new virtual exhibits

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...

The Beginnings of the Westport Cotton Manufacturing Company

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...

Westport in the Arctic

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...

Whalers into and out of Westport

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...

Westport Roads

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...

New exhibit of photos and words

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 to Roosevelt

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...

Charlotte White "The Pilgrim's Song"

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....

Herman Melville in Westport?

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...

Westport Eyewitness Account of '38 Hurricane

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.

Harbinger Poetry

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:...

Alewives

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...

Mission of the Holy Spirit

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,...








































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