The Charles W. Morgan, the only surviving American wooden whaling ship, was commissioned by Charles Wahn Morgan and built at Jethro and...

My name is Noah, I’m a rising junior at Smith College (majoring in anthropology with a concentration in museum studies), and I’ve been...

Origins Founded in 1971, Bent Twig was an alternative school started by UMass Amherst graduate students who were working on degrees in...

James McDonald sat in the wagon with his hands and feet bound and his eyes blindfolded. He could hear the jeers of the 40 or 50 hooded...

This article first appeared in the Spring, 2013 issue of the Crow's Nest, written by Seth Mendell. Launched from the shipyard of J. H....

Today marks the 63rd anniversary of the Incorporation of the Mattapoisett Historical Society, now known as the Mattapoisett Museum....

Early municipal record keeping in America consisted of recording town business along with life events of the town residents such as...

By Jeffrey Miller While the history of the American Civil War (1861-1865) itself is a little too complex to tackle in a short article, I...

"Axe-Handle Bolles" or Ellis R. Bolles as he was christened by his parents, was an inventor and blacksmith, famously known for his axe...

One hundred nine years ago today the world reacted in horror as news of the sinking of the Titanic spread. The RMS Titanic was carrying...

Hiking along the Rochester Land Trust’s Church’s Field will lead you down to the Mattapoisett River. It is very scenic with benches...

This article previously appeared in a 2017 issue of our newsletter, The Crow's Nest, by Dr. Jeffrey Miller, Director of the Mattapoisett...

“ Why Mr. Rattican, I couldn’t think of it.” The words struck him like a slap in the face. He was stunned and confused. It was not...

In 1840, William Sparrow, a young resident of Rochester, went to work with his brother in law at his drug store in the village of...

The Story Behind the Restoration of Clifford Ashley's Mural In 2011, Polly Duff Phipps, donated this exquisite mural, painted by Clifford...

Just before breakfast, on March 4th, 1918, Private Albert Gitchell of the U.S. Army reported to the hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas,...

The beautiful colonial house that sits on North Street was ominously called “The Shadows”. J. E. Norton Shaw and his wife, Helen Sherman...

Herring Weir Mattapoisett -- The "life-line" to the sea for the Native Americans, who wintered in the inland forests on the shores of the...

The gravediggers worked hard digging through the cold February ground. The corpse had been buried for seven days during the dead of...

The name Abraham in Hebrew means "father of the many," it also may bring to mind, Abraham Lincoln, the Unites States president who...