Agawam, Massachusetts, USA

Entrance to Riverside Park, Agawam, Mass.

Riverside Park "...started out as a picnic grove called Gallup's Grove in 1870, and was eventually... Read MORE...

Agawam, Massachusetts, USA

Town Hall and School

Agawam, Massachusetts, USA

First Baptist Church. Agawam, Mass.

1636 - First house built in Agawam Meadows. Large tract of land purchased by William Pynchon from the Agawam tribe of Indians for 18 fathom of wampum, 18 coats, 18 hatchets, 18 hoes and 18 knives.

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1660 - Thomas Cooper, Abel Leonard and Thomas Merrick settled on the south-west side of the Agawam River and within a few years grants of home lots were made at various points.

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1696 - Agawam became the 2nd Parish of Springfield and the 1st of West Springfield.

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1698 - A church was formed in Agawam with Rev. John Woodbridge as pastor.

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1740 - First meeting house in Agawam was built on land of Reuben Leonard, one mile west of sawmill near parish line of Feeding Hills.
Schools had been established in Agawam and Feeding Hills.
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1757 - Agawam was set off as the 6th Parish of Springfield containing about 75 families.

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1774 - West Springfield was incorporated as a town with Agawam as its 2nd Parish.

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1780 - Peppermint distillery established in Agawam. Later, potato whiskey was manufactured, followed by cider brandy and rye gin.

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1800 - Agawam and Feeding Hills divided into two distinct parishes in the town of West Springfield.

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1810 One of the first cotton mills in Western Massachusetts (Agwam) built on land now owned by Riverside Park at mouth of 3-mile Brook. A settlement of tenements for the mill help was known as the "Factory Ground".

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1819 The first Sunday School in Agwam was organized.

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1840 Methodist Church built in south part of Agawam.

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1855 - Agawam separated from West Springfield and was incorporated as a town including Feeding Hills and Mittineague, with a population of about 1500. The first town meeting was held in the Methodist Church.

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1861 - 172 men went from the town (of Agawam) to the Civil War, of whom 22 died either in battle or from disease. The women formed a Soldier's Relief Society working for the soldiers and contributing $1000 in money.

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1905 - Electrical lines were extended to give service to Agawam.

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  1908 - THREE KILLED IN EXPLOSION. Dynamite That Was Placed on a Steam Pipe Became Overheated.
AGAWAM, Mass., Sept. 8. - Three men were killed and six others injured by the explosion of twenty...Read MORE...

  1955 - Golden Eagle Returns to Duty as Weathervane
Newly Feathered With Gold Leaf, Old Landmark Is Placed on Agawam Church Spire

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