{"id":987,"date":"2020-11-02T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montaguearchive.org\/?page_id=987"},"modified":"2023-12-18T13:32:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T18:32:55","slug":"welcome-the-montague-ma-historical-society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montaguearchive.org\/index.php\/welcome-the-montague-ma-historical-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome! The Montague MA Historical Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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This entire site has been upgraded ‘under the hood’ and Ed has thousands of local history images of our Franklin County MA area. Some of these are viewer gallery sets, while others are more detailed, single exhibit items with more historic context.<\/p>\r\n

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Erving and Millers Falls once hosted a newspaper in the years between 1883 and 1887. It editor and creator was a local son, Willie Strong, born midway between Erving Village and Millers Falls in 1874. His first issue of the Erving Gazette was published before his TENTH birthday on December 10, 1883. He continued to regularly circulate issues of the Gazette and later Millers Falls News until December 1887.<\/h4>\r\n

Today’s reader will be amazed at the quality and body of this work! We may only guess at his resources or assistance in support of this multi year project. The paper’s content is well organized and filled with gems of wisdom and community gossip.<\/p>\r\n

Sadly, Willie’s life ended in 1902 from Scarlet fever. We hope that these documents survive as a testimony to his legacy and serve as an example to all of us as to what our individual imaginations may lead us to achieve in life. The Montague Historical Society offers the available issues of this young man’s publications, and we hope everyone with an interest takes the time to enjoy them.<\/p>\r\n

The Erving Gazette 1884<\/a><\/h4>\r\n

Erving Gazette and Millers Falls News 1885<\/a><\/h4>\r\n

Millers Falls News 1886<\/a><\/h4>\r\n

The Erving Gazette for 1885<\/a><\/h4>\r\n

Willie L. Strong biography<\/a><\/h4>\r\n

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This link gives you a close-up tour of the lost Griswold Cotton mill \/ Rockdale \/ Railroad Salvage building which was in Turners Falls<\/a><\/h4>\r\n

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Did you miss the 2007 fire at the old Keith Paper \/ Strathmore mill in Turners Falls? Here is your chance to see it again.<\/a><\/h4>\r\n

All this and more is inside our repository.Use the Search and browse features to find thousands of local history items. I’ll try to provide more detailed ways of finding things soon..<\/p>\r\n

Try out our new image gallery menus!
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