Frederic Preston & Page Holt
Frederic Preston & Page Holt cruise Main Street The New Ipswich Historical Society has been undertaking a cataloging project. I've been concentrating on the collections of photographs. Many are uninteresting, formal portraits of rich people often with no supporting information. I prefer the more natural settings, such as this one of Frederic Preston and Page Holt (holding reins) Page Holt I don't know much about Frederic Preston but Page Holt shows up in several photos. He was the driver of the stage coach and mail from 1878 to 1886. I haven't come across it yet but there is a photo of him holding a shotgun standing next to the mail coach. The stage coach would pick up passengers from the train depot in Greenville and take them to the Clark Hotel. New Ipswich was a happening place back then.
