Tag: Blackstone

Inside An Old Mill

We went down to Walpole today. Garry was doing a television show with his friend, Tom Ellis, a "wrap up" to his Hall of Fame induction. I'd been to Walpole Community Television before. Several times and once, when I was a new author, I was interviewed on a show there. Yet I had never noticed … Continue reading Inside An Old Mill

A Little Canal

The Mumford is one of the major tributaries of the Blackstone. It, as well as the Blackstone, run right through the middle of Uxbridge. Can you spell flooding? Between the main Mumford and the old Bernat Mill runs a tiny canal. It has its own locks, even though it is no more than a dozen … Continue reading A Little Canal

Following the Blackstone River

Despite hundred of years of industrial pollution, the Blackstone River Valley survives. A complex of rivers, tributaries, wetlands, forests, lakes and streams., the Blackstone River Watershed contains more than 30 dams  in its 46-mile length. This does not include dams on tributaries and other waterways, only those on the Blackstone itself. The watershed links two states and 24 communities. … Continue reading Following the Blackstone River

From Slaves to Spinning: Born On the Blackstone

America: Born Bankrupt America was born bankrupt. We won the revolution, but lost everything else. Our economy was dependent on Great Britain. We produced raw material, but Great Britain turned those materials into goods for the world's markets. Not merely did we depend on the British to supply us with finished goods we could not produce ourselves, … Continue reading From Slaves to Spinning: Born On the Blackstone