stagecoach journey. The old stable where the horses rested had been torn down during an earlier period when the Salvadorcs' located the old

inn. After the War of 1812, county’s seaside resorts at traded vacationeers and the inn bedded them during the 1820’s-30’sand 40's. It is known that around 1872 the

inn was called Well’s Hotel when an inquiry was held there to determine the whereabouts of a missing person. “There’s a lot of missing

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stories," Dr. Salvadore ^ said as he and Annie * roasted oriental chestnuts for visitors last Saturday Nearby, the Salvadores' children, Ricky, 14, worked making a broom while Katie, 12. demonstrated a spinning wheel. Dr. Salvadorc recalled his family .had discovered the name of a workman carved into the wall of a room when the restoration got underway. Broken pottery and bottles found in the basement before the move offered small clues , about the inn's past And, an artifact of the 194t)’s part of a Ford Model A - provided Dr. Salvadore with a practical Use, for his own vintage car The Salvadores became Americana buffs twelve years ago when they pur chased their 35 acre farm and tried to figure out how to use the old grange hall that stood smack in the center of the property "At first we thought wq. might use the hall for a small hospital or professional office." Dr. Salvadore said But, over the years, a new plan took hold after trips to Sturhridgc Village and Smithvillc. “ "Progress hasn't been very fast in the county." Di*. Salvadorc said "In years gone by people were satisfied ‘just to earn a living sc the old places were protected in a sense. The county history wasn't utilized." By next, summer the Salvadorcs are planning to use 10 acres of their land as a working farm, much ns the old farmers who stayed at the Dennisville Inn had "I done to raise their crops for market. Horses will replace the tractor and visitors will be able to observe old farming

methods. "A lot of the time when^ I'm at the village." Dr. Salvadore said as he offered a steamy chestnut to a visitor, "I feel like I'm a

boy playing all over again." Libby Dt>mp Forrest is a free Itnee writer and/re quenf; contributor to the Herald and Lantern. ,

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