Bits and Pieces of Westport

Westport’s main economy in its earliest years was subsistence agriculture. Farm families grew their own food; raised their own livestock; made their own clothing; and made their homes, barns and tools from lumber provided by the trees on their land. Excess farm products earned cash for those items that could not be provided on the family farmstead. The barns, silos, potato houses, and corn cribs were the operational center of their agricultural society, providing processing facilities, protection for animals, and storage for tools, working field implements, and vital foodstuffs. They were very important structures on the

Please enjoy this photo gallery, from our famous 18th directional marker (“11 miles to New Bedford - 8 miles to Howland Ferry - 8 miles to the Point”) to the many historical structures that exist today (the Bell School, Gray’s Grist Mill, the Powder House, the School House of 1833, and the Poor Farm). Relive the nostalgia of times gone by visiting Bits and Pieces of Westport. Westport Historical Society

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