1925 Ashby Girls
Photos from Marion Davis Photo Album
1925 Ashby Girls
We've come to the end of the Marion Davis photo album with a few more photos of the lodge.
Early morning at the Lodge
Wapack Lodge with sign
This photo was made into a postcard
A last look at the Wapack Lodge
That’s all the photos from Marion’s album. Check out the Friends of the Wapack website to learn more about the Trail. 2023 is the 100th anniversary of the Wapack Trail and many activities are planned for later this year.
On this day - February 22, 1898
William Jurian Kaula diary
22 FEB 1898
I dined tonight at Lavenues with the Lufkins - The boys did not celebrate Washington's birthday. It was the fête of Mardi-Gras and the promise of a good time on the Boulevard. The fête had no comparison with the same of last year when it lasted for three days. This is partly owing to the fact that there was no carnival or pageant this year. So Mardi Gras was not celebrated with much spirit this year. The weather was of the most unfavorable kind for fêtes. The heavy rains of the afternoon put a stop to the confetti throwing on the Boulevard and converted the confetti, which lay inches deep on the sidewalks and in the streets, into a mush or pudding that was as bad as walking in paste or slush. Again, business is dull and slack, the people have not money to spend. The proceedings at the Palisade Justice (Zola trial) has much to do with the state of business all over the city. The people are doing but little except to read the newspapers. All classes of merchants have been complaining.
Last year the branches of the trees were masses of colored ribbon of paper. Today the Boulevard had a melancholy aspect after the rain. The rain did not fall in the evening and the crowd grew very dense on the sidewalks and much of the jollity returned. It was a jam of elbowing and pushing boisterous people who threw confetti right and left. The walks soon became dry from the vast amount of scattered confetti. Those who were brave enough to sit at the little tables in front of the cafés were tormented and beseiged [sic] by the passing multitude who rained torrents of colored disks of confetti all over them. Boys and girls would have pitched battles each trying to bury each other in a deluge. The crowd was somewhat rough owing to the narrow space on the sidewalks. The sidewalks are large enough for any ordinary jam but the festivities filled the street last year from curb to curb. The driving rain of the afternoon had blown the confetti around in all directions. It was cemented on the buildings, on the lamp-posts, on the news stands; pedestrians were covered with kaleidoscopic patches of red, blue, green, and yellow. Everyone is gay on the Boulevard and no one resents the customs of the féte. All are like children bent on having a good time, and, in spite of the unfavorable weather are bound to enjoy themselves as much as possible.
On this day - February 22, 1909
James Roger diary entry
22nd (Saturday)
Frost 14 degrees wind W to NW. David at Eaton’s for Walker’s chair stock. Jayquith came in afternoon and sawed our wood about 4 cords. I fixed Hall for Odd Fellows. David lit Church furnace. Hamish came by stage in forenoon. Town warrant posted today. Requisition for library. Home Week. Settees for Hall and roads from Rafeuse & four corners. Haughton legacy and Josiah Reed.
Paul Wainwright Program Postponed Due to Weather - February 23, 2023 4:00 PM
The program “New England's Colonial Meetinghouses and Their Impact on American Society” which was to be held at the library on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 4:00PM has be postponed due to impending storm predictions. It will be rescheduled at a later date.