Edward Loper lived in this home and pursued an unusual career for a blind man -- he operated a grist mill some distance behind this house on Durham Road. His nephew was S. Ward Loper, a poet, who paid tribute to his uncle in two poems, "The Blind Miller" and "Death of the Blind Miller." The people in the photo are not identified but are more than likely to be Edward Loper, his sister Rebecca and his brother Samuel. The house burned down and another built on the same site which became the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ashman Sr.
An 1880 portrait of John Beattie, one of the owners of Beattie Quarry Co. in Leete's Island. Beattie was originally from Scotland. He moved to the US and later established the quarry company that employed as many as 300 workers at its height. The company is best known as the supplier of the granite used for the base of the Statue of Liberty.
Beattie Quarry Co. Schooner with workers building Saybrook breakwater. Pictured left to right (John Walker, Fred Chapman, John Latckin, John Corbett, Joe Josephson)
Captain Smith and his wife on the tugboat, Jug Enterprise. Tugboats such as the Enterprise were used to tow schooners loaded with granite from the quarries nearby.
The American Eagle, a schooner used to transport granite from the Beattie Quarry Co. is shown. The schooner was sold to a Boston company and later sank on the west side of Merican, Canada (Source -Dudley scrapbook on the Beattie Quarry.)
Postcards from Charles Hubbard's travels in Maine. The postcard on the left is titled Madison Spring Huts on Mt. Madison. The postcard on the right is titled Galehead Hut.
The 1976 fire on Faulkner's Island destroyed the home of the lighthouse keeper and damaged the lighthouse. This photo was taken from Vineyard Point Road in Guilford.
In 2003, the Guilford Free Library renamed the historical room to honor librarian Edith B. Nettleton. Ms. Nettleton, who served at Library Director for more than 44 years, is pictured by the plaque before it was mounted above the entrance to the GFL Historical Room.
After serving as the library director for 44 years, Edith B. Nettleton volunteered for another 37 years in the library's Historical Room. Nettleton is shown here working in the Historical Room in 1977.
Library Director Edith B. Nettleton discusses plans for the new building for the Guilford Free Library with architect Paul Mitarachi and Assistant Library Director Jean Baldwin in 1972.
