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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... 
Photograph- 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
Advertisement
Town Hall and Common
Postcard
Railroad Station, Mittineauge, Mass.
Postcard- 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
Postcard
Railroad Y.M.C.A., 1910
Postcard
Old Day House
Postcard- 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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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Photograph
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Strathmore Deckle Edge Writing Paper
Mittineague Paper Company, Mittineague, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
May 1898
Advertisement
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Town Hall and Common
Postcard
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Railroad Station, Mittineauge, Mass.
Postcard
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Old Day House
Postcard
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Congregational Church
Postcard
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Railroad Y.M.C.A., 1910
Postcard
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Genton Clothes
Main at Pitkin St.
East Hartford, Conn.
Riverdale Road
West Springfield, Mass.
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History and News of West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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1660 - West Springfield is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1774 - West Springfield 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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1914 - The Eastern States Exposition was established in 1914. In 1967, it became known as "The Big E".
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