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  History of West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Visit West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 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...
  
  
  
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  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...
  
  
  
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  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".
  
  
  
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  Genton Clothes
  Main at Pitkin St.
  East Hartford, Conn.
  
  Riverdale Road
  West Springfield, Mass.
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