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Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
"Palmer, a post-township of Hampden co., Mass., about 10 miles E.N.E. of Springfield, bounded on the E. and S. by the Chicopee River, and on the W. by the Swift River. Pop.4572. It contains villages named Palmer, Bond's village, and Thorndike.
Palmer, a post-village in Palmer township, Hampden co., Mass, on Chicopee River, and on the Boston & Albany Railroad where it crosses the New London Northern Railroad, 15 miles E. by N. of Springfield, and 39 miles W.S.W. * Worcester. It has 5 churches, a newspaper office, a high school, a national bank, a savings-bank, and manufactures of carriages and straw hats. It is the southern terminus of the Ware River Railroad."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
"Palmer, a post-township of Hampden co., Mass., about 10 miles E.N.E. of Springfield, bounded on the E. and S. by the Chicopee River, and on the W. by the Swift River. Pop.4572. It contains villages named Palmer, Bond's village, and Thorndike.
Palmer, a post-village in Palmer township, Hampden co., Mass, on Chicopee River, and on the Boston & Albany Railroad where it crosses the New London Northern Railroad, 15 miles E. by N. of Springfield, and 39 miles W.S.W. * Worcester. It has 5 churches, a newspaper office, a high school, a national bank, a savings-bank, and manufactures of carriages and straw hats. It is the southern terminus of the Ware River Railroad."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
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- General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights,...Read MORE... - 5. PALMER. [Pop. 2,139. Inc. 1752.]
Palmer was originally settled by Protestant emigrants from the north of Ireland.
Swift, Ware, and Chicopee rivers unite in this town, and...Read MORE... - 1848 - Palmer
This place was originally settled by emigrants from the north of Ireland; many of whose descendants remain in the place. The records of the church...Read MORE... 
1851 - GREAT FIRE AT PALMER DEPOT - NASSOWANNO HOUSE BURNT - $70,000 WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED
The beautiful village at Palmer Depot was visited by a terrible fire on Wednesday night, which laid almost its entire business part in rains. It is...Read MORE...- 1888 - At Palmer, Mass., the Inabaug [sic] river overflowed on the 21st, flooding the town and doing great damage.
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February 25, 1888 - Palmer Massachusetts, 1890
Palmer is a populous and thriving town forming the north west extremity of Hampden County. It is 84 miles from Boston by the Boston and Albany...Read MORE... - 1891 - FATAL HOTEL FIRE.
A Congregational Minister Loses His Life at Palmer, Mass.
Palmer, Mass., Aug. 3. - The Weeks House on South Main Street, an old landmark, was...Read MORE... 
- 1906
Palmer, a banking post-village in Palmer township (town), Hampden co., Mass., on the Chicopee River and on the Boston and Albany and the Central...Read MORE... - 1908 - PALMER. FREIGHT WRECK MAKES TROUBLE
Cars Derailed at Bad Place Saturday Morning.
Traffic was tied up on the Boston and Albany, railroad for over three hours, Saturday morning on...Read MORE... - 1909 - CHICAGO EXPRESS. HAD SERIOUS MISHAP AT PALMER TODAY.
Palmer, April 29. - Passengers on three sleepers, the diner and a passenger coach on the east-bound Chicago express on the Boston & Albany division...Read MORE... 
Main Street looking West, Palmer, Mass.
Palmer, Mass. Trolley Station at Forest Lake Park
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