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Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
The area was colonized as part of Deerfield by the English in 1686. In 1753, Greenfield, named for the Green River, was incorporated as a separate town from Deerfield.
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Greenfield includes: North Parish, Cheapside, and Factory Village.
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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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"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
History, News and Stories of Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA

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1686 - Greenfield is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1753 - The town of Greenfield is incorporated
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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...
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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... 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...
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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... Read MORE...
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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
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,... 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... Read MORE...
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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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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... 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... Read MORE...
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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... Read MORE...
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1957 - July 1 - WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast
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Greenfield, Massachusetts Directories, 1939
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