Author: Patricia G. Holland
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738592927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
North Amherst and Cushman, villages within the town of Amherst, were settled in the early 1700s. Farms dominated the area's rolling hills, and mills lined the fast-flowing Mill River. In the 19th century, large factories grew in Cushman, which was then called North Amherst City. The train in Cushman and later the trolley in North Amherst made travel easy for workers, shoppers, and visitors. After the arrival of low-cost automobiles, the trolley tracks were torn up in 1925, and the little village shops acquired gas pumps. By the end of the 1930s, all the factories had closed and their buildings were demolished. Stephen Puffer's ice works shut down in the early 1940s, but Puffer's Pond is now a beautiful fishing and swimming spot, and the dam carries a lovely waterfall. With the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's expansion in the 1960s, much of the area's farmland was developed. Today, residents seek a balance between preservation and growth.
North Amherst and Cushman
Author: Patricia G. Holland
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738592927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
North Amherst and Cushman, villages within the town of Amherst, were settled in the early 1700s. Farms dominated the area's rolling hills, and mills lined the fast-flowing Mill River. In the 19th century, large factories grew in Cushman, which was then called North Amherst City. The train in Cushman and later the trolley in North Amherst made travel easy for workers, shoppers, and visitors. After the arrival of low-cost automobiles, the trolley tracks were torn up in 1925, and the little village shops acquired gas pumps. By the end of the 1930s, all the factories had closed and their buildings were demolished. Stephen Puffer's ice works shut down in the early 1940s, but Puffer's Pond is now a beautiful fishing and swimming spot, and the dam carries a lovely waterfall. With the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's expansion in the 1960s, much of the area's farmland was developed. Today, residents seek a balance between preservation and growth.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738592927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
North Amherst and Cushman, villages within the town of Amherst, were settled in the early 1700s. Farms dominated the area's rolling hills, and mills lined the fast-flowing Mill River. In the 19th century, large factories grew in Cushman, which was then called North Amherst City. The train in Cushman and later the trolley in North Amherst made travel easy for workers, shoppers, and visitors. After the arrival of low-cost automobiles, the trolley tracks were torn up in 1925, and the little village shops acquired gas pumps. By the end of the 1930s, all the factories had closed and their buildings were demolished. Stephen Puffer's ice works shut down in the early 1940s, but Puffer's Pond is now a beautiful fishing and swimming spot, and the dam carries a lovely waterfall. With the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's expansion in the 1960s, much of the area's farmland was developed. Today, residents seek a balance between preservation and growth.
The Crafts Family
Author: William Francis Crafts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Amherst and Hadley, Massachusetts
Author: Daniel Lombardo
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738562711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Once part of Hadley, the town of Amherst is known the world over as the home of celebrated poet Emily Dickinson. This photographic portrait of Emily's surroundings reveals the beautiful landscape that inspired her art, and also includes less typical but nonetheless significant images of hard-working farmhands, Irish laborers, Italian peanut vendors, riotous college students, and feuding factory workers. These two towns at the heart of the Connecticut River Valley have been appreciated by poets and artists for many years, and their bucolic and pastoral character is celebrated in this marvelous new examination of the towns' history in photographs from 1860 through the early twentieth century. Famous residents of and visitors to the area are featured, including Dickinson, Robert Frost, Henry Ward Beecher and Noah Webster. Mr. Lombardo's book combines a serious look at these historical figures with a humorous perspective on some of the area's more colorful characters, such as Charles King, the Amherst barber who became famous for eating fifty eggs in fifteen minutes.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738562711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Once part of Hadley, the town of Amherst is known the world over as the home of celebrated poet Emily Dickinson. This photographic portrait of Emily's surroundings reveals the beautiful landscape that inspired her art, and also includes less typical but nonetheless significant images of hard-working farmhands, Irish laborers, Italian peanut vendors, riotous college students, and feuding factory workers. These two towns at the heart of the Connecticut River Valley have been appreciated by poets and artists for many years, and their bucolic and pastoral character is celebrated in this marvelous new examination of the towns' history in photographs from 1860 through the early twentieth century. Famous residents of and visitors to the area are featured, including Dickinson, Robert Frost, Henry Ward Beecher and Noah Webster. Mr. Lombardo's book combines a serious look at these historical figures with a humorous perspective on some of the area's more colorful characters, such as Charles King, the Amherst barber who became famous for eating fifty eggs in fifteen minutes.
Lineage Book
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Includes inclusive "Errata for the Linage book."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Includes inclusive "Errata for the Linage book."
A Manual for the Use of the General Court
Author: Massachusetts. General Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Contains rules of both branches of the General Court, the constitution of the commonwealth and that of the United States, lists of executive, legislative and judicial departments of the state, etc.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Contains rules of both branches of the General Court, the constitution of the commonwealth and that of the United States, lists of executive, legislative and judicial departments of the state, etc.
Bulletin
Author: Massachusetts. Agricultural Experiment Station
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1174
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1174
Book Description
Shade Trees
Author: Alexander Edmond Cance
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Alexander Edmond Cance
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description