Test your knowledge of Fairhaven's town history.

Test your knowledge of Fairhaven's town history.

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Questions and answers supplied by M.L. Baron of West Island Weather.

1. Hermann Melville set sail on a whale ship in 1841 from Fairhaven's Union Wharf to write his novel “Moby Dick”. What was the name of the whaler he sailed out on?
A. The Pequod
B. The Acushnet
C. The Lagoda
D. The Charles W. Morgan

2. The traditional “Our Lady of Angels Feast” in North Fairhaven began in 1938. True or False?

3. This small island off Fairhaven was once owned by Henry Huttleston Rogers and was valued at $150 in 1905.
A. Marsh Island
B. Angelica Island
C. Crow Island

4. In 1894 the day of the dedication of Fairhaven Town Hall, a huge fire destroyed:
A. The Fairhaven Iron Works
B. The Atlas Tack Factory on Fort St.
C. The Henry Huttleston Rogers Mansion
D. Phoenix Hall

5. The Unitarian Memorial Church is veneered with gray stone over a brick structure. The gray outer stone was quarried from:
A. Acushnet Stone Quarry
B. Marsh Island
C. Fort Phoenix
D. Freetown Quarry
E. Behind Riverside Cemetery

6. During World War II Fairhaven had an enemy aircraft observation post at:
A. West Island
B. Fort Phoenix
C. All the above

7. The Indian name “Sconticut” Neck refers to:
A. Place of the covering water
B. Place stayed at for the summer
C. The land between
D. At the hunting place

8. The longest member serving in office of the Board of Selectmen of any town in Massachusetts history was from Fairhaven. What was his name?
A. Everett MaComber
B. Job C. Tripp
C. Walter Silveira
D. Walter Borowicz

9. The driver and librarian of The Millicent Library's 1954 Book Mobile in the 60's into the 70's was:
A. Rita Steele
B. Helen Freitas
C. Mabel Knipe
D. Ruth Barnes

10. During Fairhaven's Sesquicentennial in 1962, who were the three serving members of the Board of Selectmen?