divided into seven periods: Contact (1500–1620), Plantation (1620–1675), Colonial (1675–1775), Federal (1775–1830), Early Industrial (1830-1870), Late Industrial (1870–1915), and Early Modern (1915–1940/55). Each report concludes with survey observations that evaluatethe town’s existing historic properties inventory and highlight significant historic buildings, settlement patterns, and present threats to these resources. A bibliography lists key secondary resources.

]]> --Boston Evening Transcript, Oct. 26, 1857 citing the Springfield Republican
--Pittsfield Sun, Sept. 27, 1867
--Springfield Republican, Nov. 10, 1897
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