History of Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA

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  "...On 19 May 1676 Capt. Turner led 50 garrison troops, supplemented by 100 untrained local volunteers, on a daring dawn attack on the main Indian camps at Peskeompsut. They killed Sancumachu, the Pocumtuck sachem, and about two hundred other... Read MORE...
  
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• 1686 - Greenfield is settled
  
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• 1753 - The town of Greenfield is incorporated
  
  
  
• 1845 - GREENFIELD. [Pop. 1,756. Inc. 1753]
  Greenfield was once a part of Deerfield, and is now the county town.
  
  It is situated on the western bank of the Connecticut, and is divided ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1848 - Greenfield
  This town was formerly a part of Deerfield. It was incorporated as a town in 1753. Rev. Edward Billings, the first minister of the first Congregationa...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1853 - Congregationalist Dog
  There is a dog at Greenfield, Mass., who is strictly sectarian in his religious notions. His master is a Baptist, but the dog is a Congregationalist, ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Greenfield
  Greenfield, a post-township in Franklin co., Mass., on the Connecticut river railroad, 100 miles W. by N. from Boston. The village contains several ch...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1859
  GREENFIELD, the cap. of Franklin co., in Massachusetts, 92 m. W of Boston. Pop. 1,756.
  A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
  
  
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  "Industrialist. A railroad surveyor and engineer, he help to start the Central Pacific Railroad and was one of the founders of the Transcontinental Railroad." findagrave.com
  
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•  1882 - Destructive Tornado in Franklin County, Mass.
  A destructive storm of wind and bail passed over a portion of Franklin county, Mass., last Sunday evening. At Greenfield huge trees were uprooted, and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1886 - FEARFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT - An Express Train Plunges Down an Almost Perpendicular Precipice.
  The Coaches Take Fire and the Wounded Passengers are Burned to Death
  
  The Disaster Caused by the Sinking of the Track
  
  A Partial List of the Injur...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• Greenfield Massachusetts, 1890
  GREENFIELD, the shire town of Franklin County, is one of the most charming towns in the Connecticut Valley. It lies nearly in the geographical centre ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  High St. North from Main St.
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• 1895 - Greenfield
  Greenfield, a beautiful post-village, capital of Franklin co., Mass., in Greenfield township, near the W. bank of the Connecticut River, and 2 miles a...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1900 - Franklin County - Greenfield - Fatal Fall from a Piazza Roof
  Mrs. Luke M. Thornton met with an accident yesterday morning while shaking a rug from the roof of a piazza at her home on Chapman Street and died from...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  East Main Street, Greenfield, Mass.
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  Greenfield Public Library
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  B. & M. R. R. Station
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  Main Street Looking West. Greenfield, Mass.
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  Mansion House. Greenfield, Mass.
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  Franklin County Hospital. Greenfield, Mass.
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  County Court House, 1906
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  High School, 1906
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  The Common, 1907
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  The Weldon Garage, 1909
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  All Souls Unitarian Church
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  Catholic Church
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  Common and Congregational Church
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  Main St. showing Franklin Savings Institute
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  Weldon Hotel
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• 1916
  Greenfield, a post-village, capital of Franklin co., Mass., in Greenfield township (town), near the W. bank of the Connecticut River, 2 miles above th...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Armory, 1917
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  Three Bridges over Green River (Railroad, Electric Railway and covered Bridge)
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  Poets Seat
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• 1957 - July 1 - WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast
  
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