How Westport Became a Town (1787)
By Tony Connors Most sources describing Westport’s split from Dartmouth say something like: “In 1787 Westport separated from Dartmouth and […]
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Recent Archaeological Excavations at the Waite-Kirby-Potter Site
This article was written by Christa M. Beranek and Katharine M. Johnson Fiske Center for Archaeological Research, University of Massachusetts […]
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Kit Houses of Westport
In the early 20th century seven major companies were engaged in the production and sales of “kit homes.” Sears Roebuck […]
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Who Was Charlotte White?
We see her name on the street sign in the center of Westport: Charlotte White Road. She is mentioned in […]
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Secession – in Westport!
We all learned the word secession in school, and probably associated it with South Carolina’s departure from the Union in […]
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The Great Depression
Westport in the Great Depression Most of us know about the Great Depression of the 1930s either because we lived […]