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NEW Sconticut Neck and places on it, past and present Rum Runners were very active in the area during Prohibition and even later. Huge liquor landings off of West Island, Jack's Cove and the Neck were common. Read about the 'Sea View Poultry Farm' and it's involvement in Rumrunning and distiling. Sconticut Neck's Union Chapel built in 1892
still stands as a residence. NEW! 'Old Fairhaven' by Charles A. Harris from the Fairhaven Star of April 4, 1946 NEW!Pope Beach off of Manhatten Ave on Sconticut Neck was one of the first developed areas on the Neck and a major attraction for the enire area. A pavillion and pier off of the trolley tracks were just part of it. NEW!Sconticut Neck and Ripleys Believe It or Not! LINK! History of Sconticut Neck written by Mabel L. Potter in 1945. Posted on the Millicent Library website. Historical Topographical Maps of thte 'Neck'
from 1895
and also from 1940
and another in1949 My Great Uncle was the Skipper of the Black Duck by Keith Bettencourt Great Nephew of Charles Travers The Black Duck A teen-fiction book by Janet Taylor Lisle about the famous rum running boat. |
