Open House and Community Sharing of Glen Echo Stories February 19, 10AM-4PM, Presentation at 2PM. The Stoughton Historical Society at 6 Park St will display its many Glen Echo pictures, documents, and maps, beginning with the land’s York Pond/Ponkapoag Plantation/Indian past. View images of the original deluxe resort built by Elisha Monk in 1895, the addition of trolley lines and electricity, the passing of the land to Elisha’s children, Eunice Mantle, Bertha Marston, and George Monk, the sales of cottage lots on the eastern shore off “Wigwam Path,” the purchase by Lincoln Gibson in 1934 and his Inn and Restaurant, which ran under various managers until 1977, and photos of young men playing at Glen Echo just before leaving to serve in WWII. Come and share your dancing, eating, drinking, boating, swimming, diving and other adventures at Glen Echo over the years. Did you ever see rattlesnakes there, dive or jump from Drum Rock, fish or skinny-dip as a rite of Spring, search for buried Brinks money, or dine and drink at the Inn? A booklet of collected Glen Echo images and articles will be available for $5, Members $3. We will record as many of your stories as possible for future booklets and local cable tv presentations.
Also: a future tour/workshop at the recently-cleared massive, ancient barn cellar structure and the history of the Bird-Connors farm at the Bird St. Conservation Area. 781 344 5456 stoughtonhistoricalsociety@verizon.net
