A Westport Woman goes Whaling
Abbie Maria Dexter Hicks went whaling in 1873. We know this because she kept a diary from June 23, 1873 […]
People, Westport Point, Whaling folks
Mills, Nineteenth Century
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, […]
Maritime, Nineteenth Century
Whalers into and out of Westport
There are references to sailing into and out of Westport in several whaling logs. We print here
Native American, Transportation
Westport Roads
Westport Roads We drive them all the time, but rarely give a thought to the roads of Westport. And yet […]
Twentieth Century, Westport Harbor
Acoaxet Secession, 1926
In 1926 summer residents of Westport Harbor petitioned the State to secede from Westport; they felt that they paid much […]
Twentieth Century
Gun-a-bit
About a century ago there were a number of hunting and fishing camps at various waterside locations in town. One […]
Resort/Tourism, Twentieth Century
Howe to Roosevelt
Howe was a friend, confidante and adviser of FDR, and FDR in fact did visit Howe at his summer cottage […]
Native American, Nineteenth Century, Religion
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. […]
Maritime, Nineteenth Century
Herman Melville in Westport?
Did Herman Melville ever visit Westport? We will probably never know, but the following item from The Melville Log (Edited […]