Articles on Pioneer Valley history
Pioneer Valley History Network
Pioneer Valley Illustrated History
Historical Journal of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Historical Society
Resources on Massachusetts Slavery & Segregation
“Researching the Early History of Black Lives in the Connecticut River Valley.” Five Colleges Resources.
History of Slavery Historic Northampton
“Black History.” Discover New England.
Town Histories & Historical Societies - by county
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Franklin County - General
Geneaology in Franklin County, Archaeological & Historic Resources, Franklin County - Rt. 112 Scenic Byway
Franklin County - Town by Town
Ashfield: Ashfield Historical Society
Bernardston: Bernardston Historical Society (facebook), Historical Commission
Buckland: Buckland Historical Society, Historical Places in Buckland
Charlemont: Charlemont Historical Society, Charlemont Historical Society (facebook), Historical Commission
Colrain: Colrain Historical Society, Colrain: A History, The Early Settlers of Colrain, MA
Conway: Conway Historical Society
Deerfield: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (Includes Museums of Deerfield, Deerfield Teachers' Center, American Centuries, and Raid on Deerfield - the Many Stories of 1704)
Erving: Historical Commission
Gill: Historical Commission
Greenfield: Greenfield Historical Society, Historical Society of Greenfield (facebook)
Heath: Heath Historical Society
Leverett: Leverett Historical Society
Leyden: Historical Commission
Monroe
Montague: Montague Historical Society
New Salem: Swift River Historical Society (facebook)
Northfield: Northfield Historical Society
Orange: Orange Historical Society
Rowe: Rowe Historical Society Rowe Historical Society (facebook), Kemp-McCarthy Museum
Shelburne: Shelburne Historical Society
Shutesbury: the Shutesbury Historical Commission Home Page, Town Historical Resources
Sunderland: Swampfield Historical Society · Town of Sunderland ... Historical Commission | Sunderland, MA
Warwick: Warwick Historical Society: Home
Wendell: WENDELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY (MA), Muze - Wendell Historical Society's Online Museum
Whately: Whately Historical Society
Hampshire County - General
Historic Museums and Monuments
Hampshire County - Town by Town
Amherst: Amherst Historical Society Museum, Amherst History Museum (facebook), Amherst Historic (UMASS Public History)
Belchertown: Stone House Museum
Chesterfield: Historical Society (facebook group), Historical Commission | Chesterfield, MA
Cummington: Town of Cummington History
Easthampton: Historic Easthampton Massachusetts, Easthampton Historical Society (facebook)
Goshen: Goshen, MA Historical Society (facebook), Historical Commission
Granby:
Hadley: Historic Hadley from LOC
Hatfield
Huntington
Middlefield
Northampton: Historic Northampton
Pelham
Plainfield
Southampton
South Hadley
Ware
Westhampton
Williamsburg
Worthington
Hampden County - General
Hampden County - Town by Town
Agawam
Blandford
Brimfield
Chester
Chicopee
East Longmeadow
Granville
Hampden
Holyoke
Longmeadow
Ludlow
Monson
Montgomery
Palmer
Russell
Southwick
Springfield: Museum of Springfield History, Local History & Geneaology
Tolland
Wales
Westfield
West Springfield
Wilbraham
Mohawk Trail Specific Resources
More specifically than the Pioneer Valley, our school community is part of the Mohawk Trail Region, a group of towns that runs along the Mohawk Trail, a historic highway (Route 2) built along the indigenous trade route through the Appalachian Mountains and their foothills.