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Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
In March of 1932, deep in the midst of the
Great Depression, forty employees of the
Chester Granite Quarry Company went on strike
over a wage dispute.
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Chester includes: Bonney Ridge Four Corners, Dayville, and Littleville.
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- 1760 - Chester is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1765 - Chester is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - CHESTER. [Pop. 1,632. Inc. 1765.]
A factory village is at the southeastern corner of the township, but the rest of the town is agricultural.
Westfield River runs through...Read MORE... 
1848 - Justice?
A few days since, Edwin Austen, of Chester, Mass, ran away with the wife and two children of Edwin Wilcox, of the same place. The injured husband...Read MORE...- 1848 - Chester
This town was incorporated in 1765. The Rev. Aaron Bascom and. Samuel M. Emerson appear to have been the first ministers. Rev. Rufus Pomeroy was...Read MORE... - 1854 - Chester
Chester, a post-township of Hampden co. Mass. on the Western railroad 100 miles W. by S. from Boston. Population, 1521.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1859
CHESTER, a township of Hampden co., in the state of Massachusetts, 116 m. SW of Boston. It is generally mountainous, and is drained by branches of...Read MORE... - 1868 - Hiram Smith, and eccentric old bachelor at Chester, Mass., is having his sepulcher hewn in a large rock in that town.
He pays a man $700 to do the work, and by the stipulation the cave is to be seven feet long, four wide, and four deep, and after his coffin is put...Read MORE... - 1880 - A New York dispatch says: It is believed a practically inexhaustible supply of emery ore has been discovered near Peekskill.
The discovery is regarded as one of the greatest importance, from the fact that this metal, in a sufficiently pure state to make it marketable, is...Read MORE... - Chester Massachusetts, 1890
Chester, noted for its wild and picturesque scenery, occupies the northwest extremity of Hampden County, and has for its bounds, Worthington on the...Read MORE... - 1893 - A TRAIN'S FATAL PLUNGE IT GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS
The Locomotive Got Across Safely, But Four Wagner Cars Plunged Into the Stream - Many Persons Killed or Injured - The Scene at the Wreck.
The...Read MORE... - 1895 - Chester
Chester, a post-village of Hampden co., Mass., on a branch of Westfield River, 28 miles by rail W.N.W. of Springfield. It has 2 emery-mills, 2...Read MORE... 
Riverside Inn, Chester, Mass.
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Railroad Station
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Main Street Bridge (Westfield River)
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Bird's Eye View of Chester, Mass., Looking North
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Main Street, 1910
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Old Tannery Dam
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The Berkshire Hills, near Chester, Mass., 1912
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Main Street looking East, 1912
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Chester, a post-village of Hampden co., Mass., on a branch of the Westfield River and on the Boston and Albany R., 28 miles WNW. of Springfield. It...Read MORE... 
Blue Door Tea Shop
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Huntington Road
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Grammar School
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High School & Library
Postcard- 1975 - August 2 - 107°F (42°C) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record)
historyorb.com - 1981 - January 12 - 35°F, Chester, Massachusetts (state record)
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Riverside Inn, Chester, Mass.
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Chester, Massachusetts, USA
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Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Railroad Station
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Main Street Bridge (Westfield River)
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Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Old Tannery Dam
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Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Bird's Eye View of Chester, Mass., Looking North
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Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Main Street, 1910
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Chester, Massachusetts, USA
The Berkshire Hills, near Chester, Mass., 1912
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Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Main Street looking East, 1912
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Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Blue Door Tea Shop
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Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Huntington Road
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Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Grammar School
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Chester, Massachusetts, USA
High School & Library
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1760 - Chester is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1765 - Chester is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - CHESTER. [Pop. 1,632. Inc. 1765.]
A factory village is at the southeastern corner of the township, but the rest of the town is agricultural.
Westfield River runs through... Read MORE...
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1848 - Chester
This town was incorporated in 1765. The Rev. Aaron Bascom and. Samuel M. Emerson appear to have been the first ministers. Rev. Rufus Pomeroy was... Read MORE...
1848 - Justice?
A few days since, Edwin Austen, of Chester, Mass, ran away with the wife and two children of Edwin Wilcox, of the same place. The injured husband... Read MORE...
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1854 - Chester
Chester, a post-township of Hampden co. Mass. on the Western railroad 100 miles W. by S. from Boston. Population, 1521.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1859
CHESTER, a township of Hampden co., in the state of Massachusetts, 116 m. SW of Boston. It is generally mountainous, and is drained by branches of... Read MORE...
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1868 - Hiram Smith, and eccentric old bachelor at Chester, Mass., is having his sepulcher hewn in a large rock in that town.
He pays a man $700 to do the work, and by the stipulation the cave is to be seven feet long, four wide, and four deep, and after his coffin is put... Read MORE...
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1880 - A New York dispatch says: It is believed a practically inexhaustible supply of emery ore has been discovered near Peekskill.
The discovery is regarded as one of the greatest importance, from the fact that this metal, in a sufficiently pure state to make it marketable, is... Read MORE...
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Chester Massachusetts, 1890
Chester, noted for its wild and picturesque scenery, occupies the northwest extremity of Hampden County, and has for its bounds, Worthington on the... Read MORE...
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1893 - A TRAIN'S FATAL PLUNGE IT GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS
The Locomotive Got Across Safely, But Four Wagner Cars Plunged Into the Stream - Many Persons Killed or Injured - The Scene at the Wreck.
The... Read MORE...
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1895 - Chester
Chester, a post-village of Hampden co., Mass., on a branch of Westfield River, 28 miles by rail W.N.W. of Springfield. It has 2 emery-mills, 2... Read MORE...
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1916
Chester, a post-village of Hampden co., Mass., on a branch of the Westfield River and on the Boston and Albany R., 28 miles WNW. of Springfield. It... Read MORE...
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1975 - August 2 - 107°F (42°C) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record)
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1981 - January 12 - 35°F, Chester, Massachusetts (state record)
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