Whitney Castle, Side-wheel Steamer Wrecked, E.C. Converse’s Daughter Shot, Milo Mead Not Amused and More!

Whitney Castle, Side-wheel Steamer Wrecked, E.C. Converse’s Daughter Shot, Milo Mead Not Amused and More!  For your listening enjoyment! Here is the Tuesday, 10th of January,  2023 episode of the Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons Show Podcast. 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 Greenwich in the Gilded Age, our journey will take us to Whitney Castle on Byram Shore, thanks to the Junior League of Greenwich and its book The Great Estates Greenwich, Connecticut 1880-1930. Originally built for Frederick C. Whitney and his family, the estate was acquired by Fred Hirshhorn in 1922. “It would take the Hirshhorn family to bring the estate to life,” and so indeed they did.  On The Judge’s Corner, Judge Frederick A. Hubbard penned ‘Depression and Christmas Business at the Post Office-Those Round Stones Being Found Under Greenwich Avenue-Why There Is a Bend in the Avenue’s Upper End.’ in January, 1932.  On Greenwich Life As It Is -And Was a century ago, you’ll hear about the Connecticut legislature over the years, and about important acts affecting the Town of Greenwich in early 1923.  I’ll share yet another New Year story, this one from 1929 set at the famed Pickwick Arms Hotel.  In September, 1903 the side-wheel steamer S.E. Spring was wrecked on rocks 200 feet from Commodore E.C. Benedict’s mansion at Indian Harbor. On Crimes and Misdemeanors, you’ll hear about the shooting by a masked intruder of Mrs. Antoinette C. Morell, daughter of E.C. Converse of the United States Steel Corporation and owner of Conyers Manor in 1905.  On a much lighter note, eccentric Milo Mead -the ‘Sage of New Lebanon”- was fooled by picnickers of the Independent Citizens Association in 1904. This story was so amusing it was published as a special to the New York Times. You’ll learn how, and why.  There’s lots to see, to do, and to learn about the history of the Town of Greenwich. 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 our history continues to unfold.  I'm Jeffrey Bingham Mead, your host. Thank you for listening to the weekly podcast released on Tuesdays.  Contact me and join our growing number of listeners anytime via email at [email protected].  Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. Click this link to the show's Facebook site.  I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too.