Harvesting Herring

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=460 BGCOLOR="#0099FF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>Marstons Mills Historical Society ~ Photo Album</I></div> <div> <I>       ______________________________________________________________________________________________</I></div> <div> <I><B>Views Along The Marstons Mills River</B></I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="d3f93ee0.jpg" border=0 width="659" height="494" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Harvesting Herring</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Pictured:  </B></FONT>This view is looking upstream to where Route 149 now crosses the river.</div> <bR> <div> <B>History:  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The Marstons Mills River, Mill Pond and Middle Pond were utilized for the harvesting of Herring by the Marstons Mills</FONT></div> <div> Fishing Company which established the Herring Run in 1867. Herring were used for fishing bait and for fertilizer.</div> <div> In this picture, the barrels on the right were used to pack Herring for shipment out of the village.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Today:  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Herring still run up the river each Spring but there is no commercial taking of fish. The taking of Herring by residents via</FONT></div> <div> permit is allowed, but has been temporarily suspended due to a decrease in population.</div> <div> The Herring Run is under the stewardship of the Liberty Hall Club which organizes activities to clean, repair and maintain its operation.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Source:  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >This photo is from a postcard which was untitled, postally unused and undated.</FONT></div> <div> An annotation on the back says:  "Barrels for herring outside building Uncle Foster Crocker had. F.E.J.".</div> <bR> <div> From the collection of The Marstons Mills Historical Society. © 2004, The Marstons Mills Historical Society, All Rights Reserved.</div> <bR> <div>  <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-379555-1"; urchinTracker(); </script>  </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=20 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Links:</FONT>  <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to Marstons Mills"><U>Home</U></A> | <A HREF="map.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MarstonsMills.org Site Map"><U>SiteMap</U></A> | <A HREF="mmhs_home.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marstons Mills Historical Society"><U>MMHS</U></A> | <A HREF="id348.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marstons Mills Historical Society Photo"><U>Photo Album</U></A> | <A HREF="id349.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mill Dam"><U>Previous Picture</U></A> | <A HREF="id363.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Old Mill"><U>Next Picture</U></A> | <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Page new: February 14, 2004</FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>