Historic Stories Archive - Page 5 of 7 - Westport Historical Society

Photo Album

By Jenny ONeill / January 13, 2017

This collection of photo albums contains images of Horseneck Beach, East Beach, Main Road, and other areas of Westport MA, […]

By Jenny ONeill / January 12, 2017

A remarkably short-lived newspaper, March 1947 to August 1947, also remarkably costly at 25 cents per issue! Articles focus on […]

By Jenny ONeill / August 8, 2016

Westport Harbor Waltzes Sheet music photocopy, new & revised edition to the Westport Harbor Dramatic Club: Westport Harbor Waltzes for […]

By Jenny ONeill / August 5, 2016

We are very fortunate to have in our collection the daybooks of Ely Handy (1763-1812) and his son James Handy […]

By Jenny ONeill / July 14, 2016

Have you ever found old shoes hidden in odd locations in your house? If so, your discovery may be evidence […]

By Jenny ONeill / July 13, 2016

A wonderful recent donation of a photo album with cyanotypes, mostly of Horseneck and other Westport areas. This album belonged […]

By Jenny ONeill / January 21, 2016

Dartmouth and Westport Electric Railroad, a passenger line that connected the commercial cities of Fall River and New Bedford, with […]

By Jenny ONeill / January 21, 2016

Hi-Way Casino, Route 6 Westport, one of Westport’s more glamorous nightclubs of the 1930s-50s. Located between Fall River and New […]

By Jenny ONeill / December 15, 2015

The class of 1943 graduated in the midst of the Second World War. Their yearbook tackled themes such as […]

By Jenny ONeill / March 5, 2015

This movie created in 1991 is a history of the changes that took place at East Beach and Horseneck […]