From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

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From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

In L.C. Humphries’s papers that we have at the museum there is an entire section devoted to alewives (herring). The arrival of alewives in the springs of the 1700 and 1800’s was eagerly awaited. They were both a welcome food source and for some a money maker.             In preparation for their arrival, all mills were required to draw down their mill ponds on April 10 so the alewives could reach Snipatuit Pond in North Rochester to spawn. In th…