A WALKING TOUR TO HOWARD’S NECK AND HOWARD’S BROOK IN ACUSHNET

The DHAS is pleased to announce a planned field trip to the site of the earliest place of settlement in old Dartmouth, with documented evidence of occupation prior to the chartering of the town by Plymouth Colony in 1664.


Using sources from Plymouth Colony Records and notes, sketches, maps and interpretations from Henry B. Worth, two history sleuths, Max Isaksen and Don Plant, will tell us about those industrious pioneers and the reasoning why they chose this location for their new homesteads.


We have planned an approximately 1 hour guided walk in Acushnet to visit 3 landmarks where the story of the earliest recorded English settlement in “Cushena” before the incorporation of Dartmouth in 1664 will be explained.


WHEN? Sunday, March 13, 2022, at 1:30 PM. We will meet at the parking lot in the rear of the Acushnet Council on Aging, 59 ½ South Main St., Acushnet, (rain date, March 20, 2022, same time)


Come and learn about John Howard, Arthur Hathaway, James Shaw and others that would follow, who would make this the first community center in what would become the Township of Dartmouth.


Note: The walk will take us along a short stretch of South Main Street and through the paths of Keating Woods, a 21 acre tract of land owned by the Acushnet River Reserve, Inc. and managed by the Buzzards Bay Coalition. The entire walk is less than 1 mile long and will possibly be wet. Proper footware is recommended.