History of West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Name: West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Address: West Springfield, MA, USA

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West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

West Springfield is home to the Eastern States Exposition, known as the "Big E". It is the largest agricultural event on the eastern seaboard, held in the fall every year, and lasting seventeen days.

West Springfield includes: Westside, Amostown, Ashleyville, Merrick, Riverdale, Mittineague, Storrowton, Tatham, and Paugatuck.

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1660 - West Springfield is settled

Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1774 - West Springfield is incorporated

Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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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1845 - WEST SPRINGFIELD. [Pop. 3,626. Inc. 1774.]
West Springfield was originally a part of Springfield.

It is divided by Westfield River, and lies on the west bank of the Connecticut,...Read MORE...
1854 - West Springfield
West Springfield, a thriving post-village of Hampden co., Massachusetts, on the Western railroad. 100 miles W. by S. from Boston, and 100 miles S. E. ...Read MORE...
1871 - Proud of his accomplishment
An enterprising son of four years, in West Springfield, Massachusetts, told his mother in great glee the other morning that he had made a nice fire...Read MORE...
West Springfield Massachusetts, 1890
West Springfield, in the centre of Hampden County, extends along the west bank of the Connecticut River, embracing a rich alluvial valley, flanked by ...Read MORE...
1895 - West Springfield
West Spring'field, a post-village of Hampden co., Mass., in West Springfield township, on the Connecticut River, opposite Springfield, with which it...Read MORE...
Strathmore Deckle Edge Writing Paper

Mittineague Paper Company, Mittineague, Mass.

The Ladies' Home Journal
May 1898
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Town Hall and Common
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Railroad Station, Mittineauge, Mass.
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1906
West Springfield, a village of Hampden co., Mass., in West Springfield township (town), on the Connecticut River and on the Boston and Albany R.,...Read MORE...
1907 - Boy Recovering
WEST SPRINGFIELD.
Timothy O'Keefe, the seven-year-old boy who received bad cuts on the forehead Wednesday afternoon while sliding on the school...Read MORE...
Congregational Church
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Railroad Y.M.C.A., 1910
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Old Day House
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1914 - The Eastern States Exposition was established in 1914. In 1967, it became known as "The Big E".
Genton Clothes
Main at Pitkin St.
East Hartford, Conn.

Riverdale Road
West Springfield, Mass.
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