. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. cticut River. CHAPTER n.—Pages 21-40 The Settlement. The Smithy. The Meeting-House. Poem: The Works of God. CHAPTER HL—Pages 41-58The Early Government. The Pynchon Family. Witchcraft CHAPTER IV.—Pages 59-70 King Philips War and Its Causes. Battles and Burnings in the Connecticut Valley. Poem: The Statue of the Puritan in Merrick Park. CHAPTER v.—Pages 71-86King Philips War Concluded. The Burning of Holyoke and the Falls Fight.
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. cticut River. CHAPTER n.—Pages 21-40 The Settlement. The Smithy. The Meeting-House. Poem: The Works of God. CHAPTER HL—Pages 41-58The Early Government. The Pynchon Family. Witchcraft CHAPTER IV.—Pages 59-70 King Philips War and Its Causes. Battles and Burnings in the Connecticut Valley. Poem: The Statue of the Puritan in Merrick Park. CHAPTER v.—Pages 71-86King Philips War Concluded. The Burning of Holyoke and the Falls Fight. Close of the War. CHAPTER VI.—Pages 87-102Settlement of Chicopee and Other Towns. The Revolution. CHAPTER VII.—Pages 103-112Shays Rebellion. The Constitution. 1783-1789. CHAPTER VIII.—Pages 113-130 Old Times and New. The Change to Modern Ways. The First Steamboat. The Armory. Distinguished Visitors. Poem: The Arsenal at Springfield. CHAPTER IX.—Pages 131-144The New City. Anti-Slavery. The Civil War. CHAPTER X.—Pages 145-166A Look Backwards. The Spanish War. The Twentieth Century., Anniversary Hymn. APPENDIX PAGES INDEX PAGES. Charles Henry Barrows CHARLES HENRY BARROWS / think a better man could 7iot be found inSpringfield. Sincere, single-minded, gentle ofnature, pure and honorable in life. C. G. W. DESCENDED from the same Puritan stock that headmired and from William Pynchon himself, whosecharacter he has so carefully portrayed in the followingpages, Charles Henry Barrows was born in Springfield in Massa-chusetts on August 4, 1853. His father, Charles Barrows, wasfor many years the beloved Head Master of the school nowbearing his name, while his mother, Lydia Smith, was of WestSpringfield heritage, having been born in the old farmhouse inTatham in which the Hessian soldiers were billeted during theRevolutionary War. Mr. Barrows was educated in the Springfield Public Schoolsand at Harvard College and Law School from which he wasgraduated with honor and whose
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