The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalized it in verse with his 1863 collection Tales of a Wayside Inn, suddenly making it a desired destination for travelers. Longfellow’s romanticized description of the inn later so inspired Henry Ford that he purchased and restored the building and its surrounding three thousand acres.
Join author Brian Plumb as he traverses the highways of New England’s history to discover the stories of Longfellow’s Wayside Inn.
Background Information
Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company, introduced the Model T, and was the man most responsible for changing auto production from a craft to an assembly-line process.