by creocoding | Jul 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ross Purrington’s red wooden covered wagon In the early years of the 20th century farmer/butcher Ross Purrington (1880 – 1957) delivered meat and vegetables around the town of Colrain in a horse-drawn red wooden covered wagon. A prized item in the...
by creocoding | Jun 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Taverns, simple or elaborate, dotted early America in the days before trains and motorcars. They tended to be located close enough to each other on the network of dirt roads where travelers, whether by horses, oxen, or by foot could find rest and refreshment. They...
by creocoding | Jun 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
June 21, 2018 Dear Friends of the Colrain Historical Society, We think you will be interested—perhaps concerned—in the sequence of decisions over the past year that have changed the status of the society related to its longtime home at the G. William Pitt...
by creocoding | Jun 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
The program on the Hollister Collection, previously scheduled by the Colrain Historical Society for Thursday, June 14, has been postponed due to lack of a Certificate of Occupancy for the Stacy Barn. However, CHS will have their regularly scheduled meeting, without a...
by creocoding | May 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pequot minister, author, and activist William Apess is arguably one of Colrain’s most significant historical figures. Yet there is no record of his legacy in the town’s histories or landscape. Professor and author Drew Lopenzina is leading an effort to correct that...