Franklin County Flood – 1984

Franklin County Flood – 1984

View this item directly in the database Remember this? It may be a bit before your time but take a look at this 35 image gallery of what the 1984 flood did to the Franklin County area. You may see sights that relate to today. . . . enjoy the sights. We also have a U.S….

John Russell Cutlery poster

John Russell Cutlery poster

Explore this John Russell Cutlery poster in our new image viewer! The John Russell Cutlery was once the nation’s leading cutlery maker. They operated the “Green River Works” for more than 40 years at Greenfield and Deerfield’s “Cheapside district, at today’s location of Deerfield and Meridian Streets in Greenfield MA. This poster celebrates the new…

Hurricane of 1938

Hurricane of 1938

Scenes of Destruction in Greenfield and Montague Here can get some nasty weather in New England, although it isn’t of the extremes experienced in other parts of the country and elsewhere. Nevertheless, some events are still remembered in history. The popular custom of naming hurricanes didn’t become official, until 1953. This post is about the…

Northfield Mountain

Northfield Mountain

Northfield Mountain 700 Feet Into a Mountain?600 MILLION year Old Metamorphic Rock?5.6 BILLION Gallons of H2O?2,500 Foot Long Tunnel?300 Acre Pond . . . 800 Feet Up?1,533,000 Horsepower?15,200 Cubic Feet Per Second Goin’ up?20,000 Cubic Feet Per Second Comin’ Down?WOW! Wanna know more? Sure ya do. Visit the Western Mass. History Collective. Navigate to Northfield…

General Pierce Bridge

General Pierce Bridge

General Pierce Bridge: Opened in December of 1948, the bridge stitches Greenfield with Montague City in the Town of Montague, MA. What was there before the “General”? What did it take to get the “General” built? Who’s it named for? Want to know more? Click here to access our collection on the General Pierce Bridge….