The author’s family lived in a rented house on top of Wopsy from 1972-1979. In 1979, they built a new house in an empty lot, two doors away. The lot turned out to be the site of the Woposononock Hotel.

A friend used his ancient bulldozer named Sherman to level and grade all the site, and china shards and other artifacts appeared. Soon after, each rainy day uncovered hundreds of white hotel dish shards, uncovered for the first time since the 1903 fire that destroyed the hotel.

Extra time to search for artifacts was rare, but two near-perfect porcelain doorknobs were found. One was burned black, perhaps a previously painted one.

The author also found one unbroken piece of hotel china, maybe used as a soap dish or a side dish in one of the dining rooms.