By Tom Adams One Friday evening in April, about 1965, a dozen or so men in their mid-twenties arrived in Bridgewater in search of non-resident fishing licenses. They were a good part of a group known as the Jolly Boys, a loose club formed of male members of the...
By Royal Houghton Nov 4, 2013 I read on your Bridgewater Historical Society about the up coming program on the CCC. I might have something of interest to add involving Ruth Houghton Needham. One of the camp’s top officers lived in Bridgewater Corners by the name...
THE BRIDGEWATER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH/UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTHISTORY FROM 1793 TO PRESENT January 1, 1793 marks the official date of the beginning of the Congregational Society in Bridgewater. Services were held in the North Bridgewater Schoolhouse. “The North...
