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Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Westfield was a prominent center of the buggy whip industry, and the city is still known as the "Whip City." kids.kiddle.co
Westfield includes: Wyben (West Farms), West Parish, East Farms, Little River, Pochassic, and Springdale.
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History, News and Stories of Westfield, Massachusetts, USA

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1660 - Westfield is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1669 - Westfield is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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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...
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1819 - July 26 - Twin cloudbursts of fifteen inches struck almost simultaneously at Catskill, NY, and Westfield, MA. Flash flooding resulted in enormous erosion.
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1841 - Horrible Accident on the Western Railroad
We are informed by the Springfield Republican and Boston Transcript, of the details of a terrible accident which occurred on Tuesday, on the Western... Read MORE...
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1845 - WESTFIELD [Pop. 3,526. Inc. 1669.]
This town was called Warronoco by the Indians, and Westfield by the English, because it was the most westerly settlement of the colony. It once... Read MORE...
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1854 - Westfield
Westfield, a flourishing post-village of Hampden co., Massachusetts, on the West- field river, and on the Western railroad, 10 miles W. N. W. from... Read MORE...
1869 - Devoted Deacon
Deacon J. H. Stowe, who died in Westfield, Mass., recently, is said to have attended more prayer meetings and prayed more than any other resident of... Read MORE...
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Westfield Massachusetts, 1890
Westfield is a large and flourishing town in the westerly part of Hampden County, 108 miles from Boston and 10 from Springfield. The Boston and... Read MORE...
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1895 - Westfield
Westfield, a post-town of Hampden co., Mass, on a river of the same name, and on the Boston & Albany Railroad where it crosses the New Haven &... Read MORE...
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1906
Westfield, a post-township (town) of Hampden co., Mass., on a river of the same name and on the Boston and Albany and the New York, New Haven and... Read MORE...
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1920 - Westfield is incorporated as a city
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1936 - WESTFIELD HOTEL FIRE RESULTS IN 7 DEATHS. VAN DEUSEN INN DESTROYED BY BLAZE, CAUSE OF WHICH IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY STATE AUTHORITIES - IN ADDITION TO KNOWN DEAD, ANOTHER IS CRITICALLY BURNED.
Westfield, Mass., Jan. 6. - (AP) - The death toll of the fire that destroyed the Van Deusen inn last night was definitely set at seven this morning,... Read MORE...
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1955 -August - During the second week of August hurricanes Connie and Diane produced as much as 19 inches of rain in the northeastern U.S. forcing rivers from Virginia to Massachusetts into a high flood.
Westfield MA was deluged with 18.15 inches of rain in 24 hours, and at Woonsocket RI the Blackstone River swelled from seventy feet in width to a... Read MORE...
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