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A couple of corrections to previous newsletters: The Easton Garden Club’s Annual Greens & Holiday Sale, listed for December 7th, will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, not 8-4 as printed in the Fall Quarterly. From the last Biweekly, stone from Moyle’s Quarry was used to build homes in Sharon, not Stoughton, as printed. Times Change If you visit Borderland today and walk to the west, north, or east of the mansion you will come upon areas where tangles of stone walls thread through the woods in all directions. In many cases winding between large and imposing glacial boulders. It is interesting to think about the history of this piece of land. When the first European settlers arrived, it would have most likely been covered in old growth forest. “Borderland” got its name from the location of ancient tribal borders in addition to modern-day town lines. Native Americans may well have gathered or passed through here. Early Settlement. Sometime after marrying Priscilla Drake in 1723, Captain Ebenezer Tisdale moved to what would become 697 Mountain Street in Sharon. Captain Ebenezer and Priscilla Drake Tisdale were the grandparents of Colonel Israel Tisdale. By 1783, George and Betty Packard Wilbur had moved from Bridgewater and built the George Wilbur farmhouse and cattle barn at 251 Massapoag Avenue. Later. In 1851 a farm was built where the mansion now stands by Eliphalet Wilson, who raised cattle and farmed. Later, in 1886, Michael F. and Mary Dromey Currivan purchased the farm, to be historically named the Currivan Farm. They ran a Corn Crib on Massapoag Ave. In 1906 the family sold the farm to Oakes and Blanche Ames. The farmhouse was removed by the Ames family to build their new home but today the foundation of the old Currivan house can be seen at the northwest corner of the library and the edge of the rock garden. The Currivan Corn Crib used to be located where the visitor entrance from the parking lot. Here the present lives alongside the past.   Currivan Corn Crib and farmhouse, Easton Historical Society Oakes and Blanche raised mink, turkeys, pheasants, and cattle at Borderland, built a beautiful rock garden, a pool, created ponds and lawns, while leaving much of the property as it had come to them, littered with stone walls and rock formations.  Mansion at Borderland This one piece of land has transformed from glacier to tribal land to farmland to the country estate of Oakes and Blanche Ames, and today, a state park that can be enjoyed by all. Today. Borderland is a great place to hike, bike, cross-country ski, play disc golf, fish, kayak, and more. A place to trace the passage of time and the cycle of settlement.  Small colonial root cellar or possible indigenous stone chamber at Borderland.
Anne Wooster Drury ehsnewsletter [email protected] Comments are closed.
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