All posts tagged "deerfield"
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25.1K5Business and LaborSix Historic Barns
Thousands of New England’s historic barns have survived severe weather, westward migration, suburban sprawl and competition from corporate agribusiness. Often connected to...
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16.2K9Business and LaborRiver Gods of the Connecticut River Valley Create A World of Their Own
During the 150 years before the American Revolution, a series of aristocrats known as the River Gods ruled the Connecticut River Valley....
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29.3K5New England PlacesSix Indian Trails That Turned Into Scenic Highways and Byways
The Indian trails that crisscrossed New England go back to prehistoric times. Native Americans migrated from summer to winter homes along the...
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24.3K6MassachusettsFour Rice Boys Captured by Indians in 1704; Three Rice Boys Decide To Stay
On a hot August day in 1704, the Rice boys were working with their fathers to spread flax in a field in...
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15.0K1Arts and LeisureYankee Troubadour Jonathan Plummer – The First Massachusetts Poet Laureate
There has never been an official Massachusetts poet laureate, but there certainly was an unofficial one. Jonathan Plummer of Newburyport, while not...
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62.9K43MassachusettsEunice Williams, The Unredeemed Captive
In 1704, Mohawk Indians raided the frontier town of Deerfield, Mass. They captured local pastor John Williams, along with his family. Most...
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