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Museum summary

The Old Firehouse Museum presents the history of this town, which was settled in 1753 and is the site of our new nation’s first commercially successful canal. Along with the history of the people and industries of South Hadley, the Old Firehouse Museum commemorates the work of the firefighters who worked in this fascinating building from 1899 to 1973. There is a fine display of firefighting gear and, the museum’s most prized possessions, two 19th-century hand pumpers and a 1926 Dodge Fire Engine.

Upstairs at the museum, visitors will find the Gallery with exhibits that change yearly. The museum is open May-September on Sunday from 1:30 to 4:00 pm and also on Wednesday in July and August from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. Also upstairs, the permanent exhibit of the 1890’s Room displays objects of everyday life.

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Regional History

Massachusetts, General
1. Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters, Russ Kendall
2. Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy by Kate Waters, et al
3. Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters, et al
4. Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, 1774 (Dear America ) by Ann Turner

Boston, Massachusettes
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (Author), Lynd Ward

Deerfield, Massachusettes
The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney

Lowell, Massachusettes
1. So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell , Massachusetts , 1847 (Dear America ) by Barry Denenberg
2. The Bobbin Girl by Emily Arnold McCully

Springfield, Massachusettes
1. The Boy on Fairfield Street Kathleen Krull
2. Helen Keller's Teacher by Margaret Davidson

Quabbin Valley, Massachusettes
Letting the Swift River Go by Jane Yolen

Firefighting
1. Ward LaFrance Fire Trucks 1916-1978 Photo Archive by John J. Burzichelli (Editor), Richard J. Gergel
2. Fighting Fires by Seymour Simon
3. Firefighters A To Z by Chris L. Demarest
4. A Day With Firefighters by Jan Kottke
5. Firehouse Co. No. 1 by Peter Lippman

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Slideshow

Listen to Ted Belsky and others talk about the S. Hadley canal.

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Contact us

Officers 2009-2010

Blog Archive

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The South Hadley Historical Society websites

The Old Firehouse Musuem

Museum summary

Sycamores

The South Hadley Canal

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The South Hadley Historical Society on Google Groups

The South Hadley Historical Commission on Google groups

Other South Hadley links

Still more good local history links

Books about South Hadley

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Other good links

More good books

Is the S. Hadley Historical Society doing its job well?

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

"New England Travels" has posts of interest to South Hadley people

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