Researching women in the 19th and early 20th centuries can be challenging. More limited in the occupations and interests they could pursue, women were often overshadowed and left out of the historical record…Read More
Read MoreIn The Warners of Chicopee Falls: John, Part 1, we met John Warner and learned about his time farming in the Dakota Territory in the 1880s. Read on to find out where he went next, and if he ever returned to Massachusetts…Read More
Read MoreFor those familiar with Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, in the 1880s, it probably wouldn’t be surprising to learn that some of Edward Bellamy’s neighbors were connected to manufacturing or farming. But what about connections to the Dakota Territory and Alaska?…Read More
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