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History of Westport, Massachusetts, USA

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• 1670 - Westport is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1787 - Westport is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1845 - WESTPORT. [Pop. 2,820. Inc. 1787.]
  Westport, the western part of the county, lies on an arm of the sea, at the mouth of Buzzard's Bay.
  
  It was formerly a part of the town of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1849 - A fire occurred at Westport, Massachusetts, last night, in which a woman and her children were burnt to death.
  
  The Sun
  Baltimore, Maryland
  January 4, 1849
  
  
•  1851 - Among the petitions in the House on Monday, were two by Mr. Fowler, on of B. B. Sisson, C. A. Church, and 204 other citizens of Westport, Massachusetts,
  praying for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law, and another of Mrs. Lydia Winslow and 172 other females of the same town, praying for the repeal of ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Westport
  Westport, a post-township in Bristol co., Massachusetts. 55 miles S. from Boston. The village is situated on both sides of the Acossett river, near...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1863 - A turtle was found recently on the farm of Wm. Allen, in Westport, Mass., with the initials of Weston Allen, Humphrey Allen, and David Allen, cut on its shell.
  There was one date 171- - the last figure undecipherable - and one of 1787. The same turtle was found on the same farm about twelve years ago.
  The Times-Picayune
  New Orleans, Louisiana
  July 15, 1863
  
  
•  1864 - A LONG ABSENCE
  Nathaniel Woodell, of Westport, Massachusetts, who mysteriously disappeared in 1816, has returned after an absence of forty seven and a half years...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1887 - Mare Returns Home
  The valuable gray mare recently sold cheap to a Westport, Mass., farmer by the horse railroad company of Fall River, surprised her former friends by...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• Westport Massachusetts, 1890
  Westport is a large agricultural town, with some manufactures, forming the southwest corner of Bristol County, adjoining Rhode Island. The extreme...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1894 - Westport (Mass.) will offer a reward of $10 for each fox killed by an inhabitant of the town.
  
  The Lowell Sun
  Lowell, Massachusetts
  April 2, 1894
  
  
• 1895 - Westport
  West'port, a post-village in Westport township, Bristol co., Mass., on a small river, 7 miles W. of New Bedford, and 8 miles S.E. of Fall River. It...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1899 - Westport
  Westport. - This was the fourteenth town formed in Bristol county. It was formerly a part of old Dartmouth and was set off and incorporated July 2,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  West Wharf - Westport - Point Mass.
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  Head of Westport, Mass.
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• 1906
  Westport, a post-village in Westport township (town), Bristol co., Mass., 7 miles W. of New Bedford. It has manufactures of carpet-warp and batting....Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1909 - Killed His Wife, Then Ended His Life in the Police Station
  Westport, Mass, Man, Crazed by Drink, Used an Old Indian Tomahawk in Murdering Woman
  New Bedford, Mass., July 26. - Waylaying his wife on a lonely...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Hixes Bridge, South Westport
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  Remingtons, South Westport
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  Street View, Westport Point, Mass.
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  The Dock, Westport Point, Mass.
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  View of the East River from Post Office, Westport Point, Mass.
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  Street View, Westport Point, Mass.
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•  1911 - Duck Hunters Drown
  Westport, Mass., Dec. 29 - The drowning of three men who left their homes here yesterday afternoon to go duck hunting became known today. A searching ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1915 - A South Westport (Mass.) couple, married fifty-two years, have not spoken to each other in fifty years and are reported to have lived together happily all that time nevertheless.
  
  The Princeton Union
  Princeton, Minnesota
  July 22, 1915
  
  
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  Main St., Looking North from Point, Westport Point, Mass.
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  Weighing in Swordfish - Westport Point, Mass.
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  No. 2 - Surfside Cottage, Horseneck Beach, So. Westport, Mass.
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  Young's Tourist Cabins, Route 6, Fall River to New Bedford Highway, in the town of Westport, Mass.
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