The history of Ludlow, Massachusetts . ind, mily furnisluil ,1 Im- . 1 Ikiwing from marsh .md spring; thisame , no less or picttiri^scpie. checked for ,111 in itsrapid coursiugs in order to do ol to hum,m direction, to followthe lieiit (i| iiu not oiiK ,\ the ol ,1 highly terlile sdil. Imi with showers (jf returns il h,is , ,1 t [NDrvrKiAi, llls^()R^• 2IH The hist()r\- of the town caniKil well i;4ii(ire the fact that a large ^hareo


The history of Ludlow, Massachusetts . ind, mily furnisluil ,1 Im- . 1 Ikiwing from marsh .md spring; thisame , no less or picttiri^scpie. checked for ,111 in itsrapid coursiugs in order to do ol to hum,m direction, to followthe lieiit (i| iiu not oiiK ,\ the ol ,1 highly terlile sdil. Imi with showers (jf returns il h,is , ,1 t [NDrvrKiAi, llls^()R^• 2IH The hist()r\- of the town caniKil well i;4ii(ire the fact that a large ^hareof that prosperitN- which ha> made tin- town locally so well known had itsliegiiinings within the first half of the nineteenth centnr\-. MoreoNXT,those families l:)est known to the marts of trade hereabouts will, uponconsideration, find that while to some of them there was given prestige byreason of extensixe acreage .md wealth, to more the resourcesin their gaiiieil their Lirgesl increment during this period. And. ( )NE OF THI-: I-IRhI llnl -,!?> \1 |lNKs\llll. HY IHE SPRINGFIELDM \M I Al I I KIN(. ( I \ Birth|;l,u;e of C. D. and W. I-. MHIlt further still, the\ who concede triitli where\cr found, will find that thechief factor in jiroilucing this of prosperity was the manufacturinginterest at Jenksxille. as the \ill,ige was then calleel. It was a new life to Ludlow. K\er\- farm increased in \alue as thefactories de\elo])ed. H\er\- article of produce was worth mone\- It nolonger paid to team lumber to Williniaiisrit for fift\- cents on a thousand,for tile logs were worth wistK more as w(iod. The cattle became too 2211 lils•^ok^? oi \alualik In si-nd n !^ at ;i nx er I he ci unnn m , Inr it \\ci> w i nthwliilf ti) \vvt\ ihciii wt-ll ,iiii| s(i ;4ct hcax icr ]icv{ tnr hiin;4r\ iii(iiith>; whiletile Mill was >(j iiuich iiioix salalile tiial true eciiiKimx lalled Idr strongfences. And, it we nia\


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