Ocean State Libraries

"In Episode 2 of our journey into Glocester's past, we will begin by going back to the 1700s when gold was discovered in the Durfee Hill woods and then to early 1800s when Betty the Learned Elephant came to Chepachet. It tells the story of the 1867 freshet that washed away the Chepachet Bridge and the 1907 fire that almost burned down the entire village. During the Civil War many Glocester men volunteered and served their country on some of the bloodiest...