The North-East branch will be closed Monday, July 22 for staff training.
Signature Event
Saturday, May 10, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
The Westport Historical Society and the Westport Branch Library present William (Bill) Bundschu: Abuse and Murder on the Frontier...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Seventy-five years ago, on April 30, 1939, amidst the billowing clouds of lingering economic depression and imminent war, the New York Worl...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
“War! What is it good for?” Motown singer Edwin Starr asked in his 1969 hit record. The musical answer: “Absolutely nothing.”
But in a discussion o...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 27, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
The 1876 raid by the James-Younger gang on Northfield, Minnesota, may be the most famous bank robbery in history.
Recognizing what was happening, c...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 17, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
What was termed the last Confederate funeral took place exactly 10 years ago — the burial of eight crew members of the Confederate submarine...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 6, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
On a cold day in December 1890, near a creek called Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry opened fir...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 3, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
The popularized, and wholly myopic, story of the United States’ westward expansion entails great Anglo-American explorers, hardy pioneers, and disappe...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 23, 2014
2:00pm
After the deaths in the early 1950s of botanist T.J. Fitzpatrick and his wife, a treasure trove of rare books was found in their modest home in Lincol...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 13, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Despite a Union advantage in men and resources, the Confederates dominated in the early months of the Civil War. Only one federal general seemed to ha...
Signature Event
Saturday, March 8, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
The Westport Historical Society Speaker Series seeks to promote and foster public interest in and preserve the significance of local history. Join us...