Everyday Life in the 1800s



The Pioneer Valley Reader


Picturesque Hampden.

Table of Contents


Section Title Page Numbers
(Corresponding to original book)
Introduction .....  5
Story of Early Holyoke .....  6  7  8  9  10  11
Story of the Dam .....  12  13  14  15  16  17
Spring Flows on the Connecticut .....  18
Holyoke Newsboys .....  19  20
Working Life in Holyoke .....  21  22
"The Paper City" — 1892 .....  23  24  25  26  27  28  
 29  30  31
A Talk to City Boys .....  32  33  34  35  36  37
Stories of the Mills
      The Romance of An Old Mill Man         .....  38  39  40  41  42  43
      The Ghost of the Spool-Room         .....  44  45  46  47  48  49
A Corpus Christi Sacrifice --Burning of the
French Catholic Church
.....  50  51
Credit to Whom Credit is Due .....  52  53
Thrift .....  54  55  56  57  58  59  60
The Old, Old Flowers .....  61
Was This in Hampden? .....  62
Canoeing in the Holyoke Neighborhood .....  63  64  65  66
Boating Days At South Hadley Falls .....  67  68
South Hadley Falls in 1892 .....  69  70
A Picture and a Protest .....  71  72
Art in Holyoke .....  73  74
A Yankee In Town .....  75
Industrial Interests of the County
The Holyoke Water Power Company .....  117
How Paper is Made .....  118  119  120  121
Mill of the Nonotuck Paper Company,
Holyoke, MA (photo)
.....  122
The Hampden Glazed Paper and Card Company. .....  123
The Nonotuck Paper Company. .....  123
Whitmore Manufacturing Company. .....  124
The Norman Paper Company. .....  125
Wauregan Paper Company. .....  125
The Geo. C. Gill Paper Company. .....  126
Franklin Paper Company. .....  127
Crocker Manufacturing. .....  128
The Chemical Paper Company. .....  129
The Newton Paper Company. .....  129
National Blank Book Company. .....  130
Holyoke Envelope Company. .....  130
The Valley Paper Company. .....  130
The Massasoit Paper Company. .....  131
Geo. R. Dickinson Paper Company. .....  132
Brown & Sellers. .....  132
Ashley B. Towner, Architect. .....  133
The Fairfield Paper Company. .....  134
Mills of the Fairfield Paper Company,
Mount Tekoa.
.....  135
Mills of the William Skinner
Manufacturing Company.
.....  136
Merrick Lumber Company. .....  137
Mills of the Connecticut River
Manufacturing Company.
.....  138
Watson Ely & Son. .....  139
T.F. Kegan's Sons, Steam and Gas Fitters. .....  139
The Holyoke Steam Boiler and Iron Works. .....  140  141
Long & Walsh Steam Boiler Works. .....  142
J.W. Jolly, Machinists. .....  143
John B. McCormick in his Workshop. .....  144
The Perfect Turbine Wheel. .....  145
Fenton & Dunn, Carriage Manufacturers. .....  146
John Tilley & Company. .....  147
The Holyoke Transcript. .....  147
The Windsor Hotel. .....  147
C.P. Lyman. .....  148
C.H. Baush & Sons. .....  148
Casper Ranger. .....  148
The Holyoke Democrat. .....  148
The Holyoke National Bank. .....  149
Holyoke Savings Bank. .....  149
Park National Bank. .....  150
Odd Fellows Fraternal Accident Association. .....  150
Bay State Beneficiary Association. .....  150
W. Warren Thread Works. .....  151
The Foster Machine Company. .....  151
Works of the American Whip Company,
Westfield, Mass.
.....  152
Westfield, the "Whip City." .....  153  154  155
Hampden National Bank. .....  156
Woronoco Savings Bank. .....  156
First National Bank, Westfield. .....  156
The Westfield Savings Bank. .....  156
Crane Bro's. Paper Manufacturers. .....  157
The Mount Tom Sulphite Pulp Company. .....  158




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