"Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts. . illiam H. Brainerd,1894-97; James M. Sickman, 1894-96; Timothy M. Brown, 1895-98; James M. Sickman, 1896-99; William H. Brainerd, 1897-1900; Joel M. Hendrick, 1898-1901; James M. Sickman, 1899-1902; William H. Brainerd, 1900-03; Joel M. Hendrick, 1901-04. CHAPTER XII INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS Throughout the long period of more than a century and ahalf after the earliest settlements in the Connecticut valley noattempt was made to establish a thoroughfare of travel andtransportation between the thickly settled localities of
"Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts. . illiam H. Brainerd,1894-97; James M. Sickman, 1894-96; Timothy M. Brown, 1895-98; James M. Sickman, 1896-99; William H. Brainerd, 1897-1900; Joel M. Hendrick, 1898-1901; James M. Sickman, 1899-1902; William H. Brainerd, 1900-03; Joel M. Hendrick, 1901-04. CHAPTER XII INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS Throughout the long period of more than a century and ahalf after the earliest settlements in the Connecticut valley noattempt was made to establish a thoroughfare of travel andtransportation between the thickly settled localities of EasternMassachusetts and the rapidly growing towns in the western partof the province. The pioneers who made the first settlement onthe site of Springfield are said to have availed themselves of twomeans of travel—land and water. According to established tradition, Mr. Pynchons companysent their goods from the Roxbury plantation to Agawam inGovernor Winthrops sailing vessel, by way of the ocean. LongIsland sound and the Connecticut river, while the adventurous ( 155i ). The Boston Stone, a historic landmark in Benton Park, Springfield History ascribes the erection of this stone to Joseph Wait, a merchant of Brook-tield, who lost his way In a blinding snowstorm and wandered out of thetraveled path of the Boston Road. That other travelers should not be like-wise beset Mr. Wait erected the stone in 1763. OVR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE pioneers themselves crossed the country on foot, following theIndian trail that led through the Nipmuck country direct to theirplace of destination. Thus, the Indian trail, which was only awell beaten path through the forests, became the first route oftravel betAveen the Connecticut valley and the home the course of a few years increasing westward emigrationrequired better facilities for transportation of goods, and thetrail was widened to allow the passage of wagons. Then it tookthe name of the Bay path, in allusion to its eastern termin
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