tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842642997957311455.post5305597460203165123..comments2023-10-30T05:47:42.560-04:00Comments on Money Changes Things: The Book of the Year: The Earth Knows My NameUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842642997957311455.post-83328631132146330112007-12-24T13:06:00.000-05:002007-12-24T13:06:00.000-05:00from Marc Silver:Hi. I tried to make a comment on ...from Marc Silver:<BR/>Hi. I tried to make a comment on the blog but wasn't sure if it went through. No problem, though. if it didn't.<BR/><BR/>Whit Davis is really a true Connecticut legend that has been featured contantly in human interest stories on television stations here. The following link is to the Stanton-Davis Homestead, which was the family home now converted into a museum about colonial life and the history of the Mohegan Indian tribe. I did a day trip there years ago and loved visiting the place. It is in Pawctuck, Connecticut, which is in the southeastern corner of the state next to the Ct/Rhode Island border. The link is as follows:<BR/><BR/>http://www.genealogysf/com/stantondavis/stantondavis/htm<BR/><BR/>In one of the television pieces that was aired on CPTV a few years back he describes the method of planting the Indian flint corn. If you are up this way this homestead/museum is a great stop as is also the surrounding larger fishing community of Stonington, which is very similar to Gloucester, Mass. and New Bedford, Mass. in that they are old fishing communities and have many colonial buildings still standing and many of the old whaling and fishing boats on display. On the Connecticut shorline Stonington is my favorite town. <BR/><BR/>It sure sounds that by your description Whit is still alive and kicking even though it's been a few years since I've seen a piece on him on TV. Also it's great that he dictated a chapter for the book on the planting of the corn. Before the Mohegan tribe got federal recognition and built the Mohegan Sun Casino and subsequently built a museum on the history of their tribe, this homestead was the prime repository for that history. It could be that visiting these casinos may not be your cup of tea but they do have a huge museum about their tribe. I've never seen it as I've only been to the casino once (because it is federal land smoking is allowed in the place and I can't stand the smoke nor can Bev) but according to features done on Whit there is a part of that museum dedicated to his efforts to help the Indians plant corn. However if you dislike casinos and cigarette smoke the Stanton/Davis homestead is the place to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com