Exploring the historic people, places, and events of Western Massachusetts
Western Mass History
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Exploring the historic people, places, and events of Western Massachusetts
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7/5/2022
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January 31, 2025
Episode 13: The Battle of Bloody Brook
<p>This episode is the first in a three-part series, exploring the history of King Philip's War in Western Massachusetts. This episode focuses on the start of the war in the summer and fall of 1675, with an emphasis on the Battle of Bloody Brook in South Deerfield. The battle occurred in modern-day South Deerfield on September 18, 1675, when Nipmuc, Wampanoag, and Pocumtuck warriors ambushed a group of English soldiers. The battle was one of the deadliest of the war for the English, and it was subsequently commemorated with what may have been the first European war memorial in British North America.</p> <p>Sources for this episode included the following books and other resources:</p> <p>King Philip's War by Eric B. Schultz and Michael J. Tougias</p> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/historyofdeerfie01shel" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">A History of Deerfield Massachusetts</a> by George Sheldon</p> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/kingphilipswar0000geor/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">King Philip's War</a> by George W. Ellis and John E. Morris</p> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/historyofkingphi00math/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The History of King Philip's War</a> by Increase Mather</p> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/soldiersinkingph00bodg" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Soldiers in King Philip's War</a> by George M. Bodge</p> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofn00temp" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">A History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts</a> by Josiah Howard Temple and George Sheldon</p> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/travelsinnewengl02unse" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Travels in New-England and New York Vol. 2</a> by Timothy Dwight IV</p> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/historicalcollec00barb_0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Historical Collections</a> by John Warner Barber</p> <p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=iqE-AAAAYAAJ&rdid=book-iqE-AAAAYAAJ&rdot=1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">An Address Delivered at Bloody Brook</a> by Edward Everett</p> <p><a href="https://historic-deerfield.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Remaking-History-Memory-Commemoration-and-the-Bloody-Brook-Monuments.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">"(Re) Making History: Memory, Commemoration, and the Bloody Brook Monuments"</a> by Barbara Mathews and Peter A. Thomas</p>
November 27, 2024
Episode 12: Springfield, the Birthplace of Football?
Western Mass History host Derek Strahan and local historian Tim Casey explore Springfield's pivotal role in the early development of football, from rule-making to violent college games.
June 10, 2024
Episode 11: The "Hampton Indian" and the Search for a Mystery Gravestone Carver
<p>During the 1750s and 1760s, a stone carver in Hampton, Connecticut created a number of bizarre gravestones in the town and in a few other neighboring communities. He abruptly stopped producing these stones after 1769, but then in the 1770s his work started to appear some 60 miles away in the Western Massachusetts towns of Becket and Worthington. </p> <p>Until now, his identity has eluded gravestone scholars, who dubbed him the "Hampton Indian" because the feathered wings on the stones bear some resemblance to a Native American headdress. This episode explores the style of his gravestone carvings, his sources of inspiration, and a theory as to his identity, which is based on several key pieces of circumstantial evidence.</p> <p>For further reading on New England gravestones and carvers, I would highly recommend:</p> <p><em></em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Colonial-Burying-Grounds-Connecticut-Sciences/dp/0208021604" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Colonial Burying Grounds of Eastern Connecticut and the Men Who Made Them</em></a> by Dr. James A. Slater</p> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/gravestonesofear00forb_0/page/n7/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them</em></a> by Harriette Merrifield Forbes </p> <p><em></em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Graven-Images-England-Stonecarving-1650-1815/dp/0819560405/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3LUCDRJ6PSGW3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.VKxjKj3Iw7VmpWlVj0t_KKZP0CgNb2STjgNJffZsSlfwCydErgLG2KbqdIbBpJGKuttIoL53ShpMTMF_Neht3hOahRcv5F9B340t7I0Q5fMPBI6FxAhSImegjviD52XjgctgQANvJ1orLz8BJuAyKahFmsqB2uSQNMy5Q7BJ5i-KyD0q6IEnLZ7sOA8JYTtPQWtSTqEnTSvTcJYEB0AOMb9JrSP5DugqhbkK9i_LY1s2QIMGTlM4mpiWlje37A_tdgeIYOudliGYFBoQimQ2HgZN6MpmyO181s7TXn0HbUk.j4SdhRVisumdbVCIHnzC1IwrJgr2TKpe3JHanr6JXrU&dib_tag=se&keywords=graven+images&qid=1717989191&s=books&sprefix=graven+images%2Cstripbooks%2C102&sr=1-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Graven Images</em></a> by Allan Ludwig</p> <p><em></em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Masks-Orthodoxy-Gravestone-Massachusetts-1689-1805/dp/0870232371" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>The Masks of Orthodoxy</em></a> by Peter Benes</p> <p><em></em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Memorials-Children-Change-England-Stonecarving/dp/0819540617" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Memorials for Children of Change: The Art of Early New England Stonecarving</em></a><em> </em>by Dickran and Ann Tashjian</p> <p><a href="https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Association+for+Gravestone+Studies%22" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Back issues of <em>Markers</em></a>, published by the Association for Gravestone Studies</p> <p><a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/farber/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Farber Gravestone Collection</a></p> <p>And if you are interested in more of my content on New England gravestones, you can follow my account @gravestonesofnewengland on Instagram and Facebook.</p>
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