Happy Thanksgiving! Missy Wolfe, Overlook Farm and Eastover, Factories in Greenwich & Samuel Ferris House

This podcast is made possible by Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere on the Atlantic Learning Consortium Network!On today’s 25th of November 2022 show, you’ll be treated to an encore conversation from several years ago with Historian Missy Wolfe on Talk of the Town. Wolfe is the author of Hidden History of Colonial Greenwich, and Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest America. Thanks to Greenwich Library and the Horseneck Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, she’s appearing on the 5th of December to discuss her new two-volume set The Great Ledger: Records of the Town of Greenwich. On last week’s 18th of November show, you heard a sampling of how Thanksgiving was celebrated in Greenwich, Connecticut’s history. I’ll have a few more today. We’ll cast our gaze to the era known locally as the ‘Great Estates’ by visiting Overlook Farm -today’s Convent of the Sacred Heart School campus- and Eastover overlooking the glistening waters of Long Island Sound, with both estates constructed for Henry Steers. Wilcox Mill on the Byram River, RiversvilleDid you know that Greenwich’s landscape was at one time dotted with manufacturing centers, especially along its rivers? Some of those buildings are still with us today. A century ago, columnist Erwin Edwards imparted facts about that history with his readers. I’ll share that with you.On Greenwich Before 2000, we’ll journey back to the years 1758 through 1765. There’s good news about the preservation of two Greenwich historical landmarks: the Samuel Ferris House built circa 1760 in Riverside; and the Isaac Mead House built 1799 off Field Point Road, mostly known in recent years as the Homestead Inn. There’s holiday magic in the air at the Greenwich Historical Society! You’ll hear news of exhibits, public activities and events that I encourage you to attend.You’ve come to the right place to learn about the history of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, one of America's most interesting and extraordinary communities.  We’ll have all this -and more- as history continues to unfold.