In the Forest – Bette Davis

[from My Photo a Day Adventure blog]

Monday, November 8, 2021 … A delicate veil of  hemlock branches … on the edge of Coppermine Brook … south of Franconia, New Hampshire … July 28, 2016 …

Looking down from the hemlock to Coppermine Brook … There it was! … The day before my month’s stay alone at Bette Davis’ Butternut Cottage came to an end, I found it! … Bette’s plaque commemorating her second husband, Arthur Farnsworth … see Bette’s Plaque! Coppermine Trail, July 28, 2016 …

Red arrow points to Bette Davis’ plaque commemorating her 2nd husband, Arthur Farnsworth … Coppermine Brook … south of Franconia, New Hampshire

A natural, out of the way, non-Hollywood spot … from “a grateful one” … to “the keeper of stray ladies” … What an intriguing mystery behind the words … full inscription below …

Bronze plaque … silent stones … rushing water

In Memorium
to
Arthur Farnsworth
“The Keeper of Stray Ladies”
Pecketts 1939
Presented by a Grateful One

June 1940 … Two happy New Englanders … Arthur and Bette were married December 31, 1940 … until his death, August 25, 1943 …

Correction to photo caption above … Bette and Arthur met in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire in 1939, before she purchased nearby Butternut Cottage … He wasn’t “an old friend from Boston”

Arthur Farnsworth’s hometown newspaper, Rutland, Vermont … the day after his death, August 25, 1943 … Bette’s plaque is mentioned …

News of Arthur Farnsworth’s death … Rutland Daily Herald (Rutland, Vermont) … August 26, 1943