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Albany, New York
#1999.13.510
Located on the Hudson River near the confluence with the Mohawk River, Albany is one of the oldest cities in the United States.
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Amherst, Massachusetts
#1997.08.01.0125
Originally part of Hadley, Amherst was incorporated in 1786 and throughout its history has housed many industries and institutio
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Ashfield, Massachusetts
#L02.021
Initially settled as Huntstown in 1745, Ashfield was incorporated and given its current name ca. 1765.
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Bernardston, Massachusetts
#L02.005
Established as Fall Town Plantation in 1735, Bernardston was incorporated in 1762 and named for Massachusetts Royal Governor Fra
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Buckland, Massachusetts
#L02.010
In 1779, a group of English settlers in Charlemont, Massachusetts, were granted their petition to make the town of Buckland.
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Charlemont, Massachusetts
#L02.008
In 1735, Boston Township No. 1 was created, and its southern half became Charlemont in 1765.
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Colrain, Massachusetts
#1997.08.01.0102
Colrain started out as Boston Township No. 2 and was named Coleraine when it was incorporated in 1761.
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Connecticut River Valley
#1997.08.01.0079
The Connecticut River Valley is known for its rich farmland, created by repeated flooding since the river formed some 13,000 yea
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Conway, Massachusetts
#1999.03.0073
Conway was initially settled in 1712 and incorporated in 1767.
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Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts
#1996.12.0402
Opened in 1799, Deerfield Academy offered a classical education to area students.
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Deerfield River
#1996.37.01.118
The Deerfield River that flows from Vermont to Deerfield, Massachusetts, has played important roles in the area's fishing, agric
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Deerfield, Massachusetts
#1996.12.0443.01
Deerfield, Massachusetts, an 8000-acre land grant to the Proprietors of Dedham, was first settled by the English in 1669.
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Dickinson High School, Deerfield, Massachusetts
#1996.37.01.100
Dickinson High School's history is a story of town tradition, town government, state law, and a generous, well-to-do resident.
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Erving, Massachusetts
#L02.013
Erving became a town in 1838, one of the last in the state to be incorporated.
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Franklin County, Massachusetts
#1999.03.0055
Franklin County in rural western Massachusetts was created from the northern third of Hampshire County in 1811 and named for Ben
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Gill, Massachusetts
#L02.012
Gill was originally part of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and was incorporated in 1793.
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Greenfield, Massachusetts
#L02.012
Greenfield was a district of Deerfield, Massachusetts, during European settlement, became a center of industry and government in
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Hadley, Massachusetts
#1997.08.01.0051
Hadley, named after a village in England, was incorporated in 1661.
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Hatfield, Massachusetts
#1997.08.01.0104
Hatfield was separated from Hadley, Massachusetts, and incorporated as a town in 1670.
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Hawley, Massachusetts
#L02.009
Incorporated in 1792, Hawley was named in honor of Joseph Hawley, a leading citizen of Northampton.
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Heath, Massachusetts
#L02.003
Heath was originally part of Charlemont and was incorporated as a town in 1785.
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Holy Name of Jesus Church, South Deerfield, Massachusetts
#1997.08.01.0033
Holy Name of Jesus Church formed in 1929 as part of the Polish National Catholic Church following an influx of Polish immigrants
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Lake Hitchcock
#1999.03.0017
About 13,700 years ago, Lake Hitchcock was formed by a dam in the bedrock at present-day Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
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Leverett, Massachusetts
#L02.018
By 1773, settlers in the eastern portion of Sunderland, Massachusetts, successfully petitioned to have their own town, incorpora
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Leyden, Massachusetts
#L02.004
The Pocumtucks were the first known inhabitants of what Europeans settled as Fall Town Plantation, later renamed Bernardston - p
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Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield, Massachusetts
#1999.03.0050
Memorial Hall was dedicated in 1880 as the museum for one of the country's first historical preservation societies.
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Monroe, Massachusetts
#L02.002
In 1820, landowners in "The Gore" section of Rowe, Massachusetts, petitioned to separate and Monroe was incorporated in 1822.
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Montague, Massachusetts
#L02.016
The town of Montague, with its five villages, has a rich and varied history of agriculture, industry, recreation, and spiritual
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New Salem, Massachusetts
#L02.020
New Salem became a town in 1753 and by 1820 was the largest town in Franklin County, with 2,145 inhabitants.
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Northampton, Massachusetts
#1997.08.01.0113
Northampton was purchased from the Nonotucks by John Pynchon (1626-1703) in 1653.
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Northfield, Massachusetts
#1997.08.01.0115
In 1713 after two prior attempts, Europeans settled permanently in Squakheag, which became incorporated as Northfield in 1723.
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Orange, Massachusetts
#L02.014
Named after Prince William of Orange when the area was granted district status in 1783, Orange became a town in 1810.
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Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts
#L99.138
The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association is one of the country's first historical preservation societies, whose many offerings
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Rowe, Massachusetts
#L02.002
Rowe was almost entirely agricultural for about 100 years, until the Hoosac Tunnel brought railroad access in 1875 and spurred s
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Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
#1999.03.0064
The village of Shelburne Falls, formerly Salmon Falls, is comprised of the commercial centers of two towns on the Deerfield Rive
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Shelburne, Massachusetts
#L02.011
Originally part of Deerfield, Shelburne was incorporated in 1768.
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Shutesbury, Massachusetts
#L02.019
Europeans first settled what they called "Roadtown" after a road was built between Lancaster and Sunderland, Massachusetts, and
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South Deerfield, Massachusetts
#1997.08.01.0121
The village of South Deerfield, formerly known as Bloody Brook, petitioned unsuccessfully to separate from Deerfield in 1809.
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Springfield Armory, Springfield, Massachusetts
#1937.06.01
The arsenal established at Springfield in 1777 for manufacturing gun carriages and cartridges operated as a national armory for
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Springfield, Massachusetts
#L06.077
Established by William Pynchon (1590-1662) in 1636, Springfield has played important roles in the region's and nation's economic
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St. James Roman Catholic Church, South Deerfield, Massachusetts
#1997.08.01.0034
In 1895, the Monument Congregational Church building was moved and became St. James, the town of Deerfield's first Catholic chur
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St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church, South Deerfield, Massachusetts
#1996.12.2372
St. Stanislaus, the second Catholic church in the town of Deerfield, formed in 1908 to provide a religious home for Polish Catho
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Sunderland, Massachusetts
#1999.03.0019
The place that European settlers called "Swampfield" was incorporated in 1714, changing to the name "Sunderland" in 1718.
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Turners Falls, Massachusetts
#1997.08.01.0124
The Turners Falls Company formed in 1866 and created the industrial village of Turners Falls near an old dam and canal on the Co
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Warwick, Massachusetts
#L02.007
Warwick's land was first granted in 1735 to survivors of an expedition to Canada in a company led by Andrew Gardner.
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Wendell, Massachusetts
#L02.013
Wendell separated from Shutesbury to become a town in 1781, and was named after Oliver Wendell (1733-1818) who funded the local
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Whately, Massachusetts
#L02.017
Whately was named for British Member of Parliament Thomas Whately (1728-1772) when it was incorporated as a town in 1771.
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