Prior to the floods of 1955 and the subsequent erection of flood control dams on the Quinebaug River, the Westville area of Sturbridge/Southbridge was a vibrant industrial area. In “Stories from the Flats”, Brian Phelps discusses the history of local industries including the Litchfield Shuttle Company, Prest-Wheel Inc., and Snell Augur Co. He also includes...
Wally Hersee will present a program looking at Sturbridge residents who participated in the Civil War. The program is generously hosted by the Publick House.
This tour will be led by Ed Hood, Executive Director of the Norcross Wildlife Foundation, and an historian and archaeologist who led the excavations at the nearby Robert Crowd site, home for one of the miners who worked at the Leadmine. mine was the source of very high-quality graphite which Native Americans used and traded...
Doug Lyon and Mike Forand will present a program regarding the Hinds Site – an 18th-century potter/kiln site they found in Holland, MA about 40 years ago. They worked with Old Sturbridge Village for about four seasons at the Hinds site during which they recovered an abundance of artifacts, and uncovered the kiln base. OSV...
Discover the fascinating stories etched in stone at the Sturbridge Historical Society's March Program, "History Beneath Our Feet" on Thursday, March 27. Visit the Publick House for an enlightening evening as Wally Hersee, founder of the Sturbridge Gravestone Keepers, shares insights from his remarkable project to clean and preserve the gravestones of the Sturbridge North...
