Mystic River Historical Society

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to read the current issue of our monthly newsletter, Portersville Press

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to review past issues
of Portersville Press
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for a downloadable, printable version
of Mystic Riverside Walking Adventure: Self-guided History
of Gravel Street, Mystic

Join Us Today!

When you join MRHS, you become part of an active organization that welcomes your involvement.

Benefits include:
     - Free monthly programs with speakers of interest (from September to May);
     - Access to MRHS archives, including hundreds of documents, photographs, books and maps;
     - Monthly newsletter with news of MRHS activities and articles of interest;
     - Special events including bus trips, house tours, walking tours, appraisal days, and our annual pot-luck supper.

Your membership supports the on-going preservation of our collection and our property. It also makes available to the public free lectures on topics of historic interest.

Please note that MRHS has no affiliation with the Town of Groton's Historic District Commission, and does not regulate any building projects.

You may also be interested to note that the blue-ish green color used to trim this website is referred to within MRHS as "MRHS Green" and matches closely the specially formulated color used to trim the Society's properties, the Downes Building and Portersville Academy.