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A Rough Point Holiday: Staff Remembers Rough Point

Listen to past caretakers and residents of Rough Point remember living and working at Rough Point during the winter months.

 

Gordon King Describes Winter at Rough Point in the 1950s

 

Linda (McFarlane) Knierim Remembers Christmas 1967

https://www.newportrestoration.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Linda-Knierim-Remembers-Christmas.mp4

 

 

Hattie Awe, a former cook, remembers working during the winter months at Rough Point

https://www.newportrestoration.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Hattie-Awe-remembers-working-during-winters-at-RP.mp3

 

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