Dedicated To The
Bernardston Men And
Women Who Have Served
Their Country Honorably
(left panel)
French and Indian Wars 1744-55
Alger, Waitstill Wells, Joshua Bolton, John Smith, Noah Chapin, Hezekiah Sheldon, Elijah . . . — — Map (db m98189) WM
Six rods easterly stood Burke Fort the first and largest, and also the first building in Fall Town. Built in 1738/39 by John Burke it was six rods square and contained eight houses. Fifty persons took shelter here during the old French and Indian . . . — — Map (db m48254) HM
Site of the second fort and building in Fall Town, erected in 1739 by Samuel Connable. Its original timbers are still in the house on a knoll to the northwest. — — Map (db m48774) HM
The Lieutenant's son Ebenezer, later deacon of the church and first town treasurer, built a fort ten rods east of here in 1740/41. It was unsuccessfully attacked by Indians in 1746 during King
George's War. — — Map (db m48777) HM
Built in 1740 on this site. The first Proprietor's Meeting in Fall Town was held here in 1741. The Lieutenant's son Eliakim was shot by Indians in 1747 while working west of the fort walls. — — Map (db m48011) HM
In memory of the
Mohawk Indian
The Mohawks of the Five Nations began to settle in New York state in 1590, and for 90 Great Suns they fought the New England tribes. The New York Mohawks that traveled this trail were friendly to . . . — — Map (db m198080) HM
To the Thrifty Travelers of the Mohawk Trail who in 1797 here forded the Deerfield River rather than pay toll at the Turnpike Bridge and who in 1810 won the battle for free travel on all Massachusetts Roads. — — Map (db m51444) HM
Benjamin Barrett
-Carpenter -
Born 1653 – Died 1690
Soldier with Captain Turner 1676
Settled on Plum Tree Plain Deerfield 1684
Owner of this home Lot No. 27 when he died 1690
This memorial is erected by his lineal . . . — — Map (db m141120) HM
Where Mohawk struck Pocumtuck pride,
Sentinel stalks of Indian corn
Still guard the Meadow of our world:
The sad silence of grass-grown graves
A frontier home on the falling ridge
And a cold gray February dawn.
All of America . . . — — Map (db m141333) HM
In Grateful Appreciation
of the Patriotism and self Sacrifice
of Her Lamented Sons and Soldiers,
Who for Their Country and for Freedom
Laid Down Their Lives in the War
of the Great Rebellion,
Deerfield
Erects This Monument
A.D. . . . — — Map (db m141862) WM
Feb 29, 1703-4
The unfortified house of Benoni Stebbins
standing on this lot was held by
7 men besides women and children
for three hours
against the assault of 200 soldiers
and the wiles of 140 Indians.
under a French . . . — — Map (db m141156) HM
Godfrey Nims
Ancestor of All of the
Name of Nims
Settled in Deerfield 1674
Fought under Capt. Turner 1676
Bought this Home Lot 1692
His House Burned, His Wife
and Seven Children Captured
or Killed by Indians in 1704.
This New . . . — — Map (db m141115) HM
Home of Joseph Stebbins
Born 1749 Died 1816
Lover of Liberty
And
Servant of His Country
__________
Lieutenant of Minute Men
Who Marched on the Lexington Alarm
Captain at the Battle of Bunker Hill
Fought at Stillwater . . . — — Map (db m141334) WM
John Sheldon 1658 - 1733
Hannah Stebbins 1664 – 1704
Married Nov 5 1679
The Home Of John Sheldon Was On This Lot
Here Feb 29 1704 His Wife And One Child Were Killed
And Four Children Were Taken Captive
By The . . . — — Map (db m143814) HM
This Marks the Home Lot where
John Stebbins
Grandson of Rowland the Emigrant
A Permanent Settler of 1652
Lived and Died
__________
A Soldier under Capt. Lothrop
The Only Man Known who Escaped Unhurt
At the Bloody Brooke . . . — — Map (db m141336) HM WM
Memorial Hall
Built in 1798
Occupied as Deerfield Academy
Until 1878
Dedicated in 1880 to the
Preservation of the Record of
Early Days in New England
by the
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
This Tablet is Erected on . . . — — Map (db m141125) HM
Indian land called Pocomtuck, settled by men from Dedham in 1671. Attacked by Indians, burnt, and abandoned in 1675. Reoccupied and attacked in 1704 by French and Indians, who took 47 lives, and carried off 112 captives to Canada, of whom 60 were . . . — — Map (db m48012) HM
Indian land called Pocomtuck, settled by men from Dedham in 1671. Attacked by Indians, burnt, and abandoned in 1675. Reoccupied and attacked in 1704 by French and Indians, who took 47 lives, and carried off 112 captives to Canada, of whom 60 were . . . — — Map (db m48773) HM
Old Deerfield Village
Has been Designated A
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
this site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating and illustrating
the . . . — — Map (db m141339) HM
Site of the
Old Indian House
Built by
Ensign John Sheldon 1698
It stood for 144 years
testifying to the tragedy of
Feb. 29, 1703
its stout door
which kept at bay
the French and Indians
13 now safe in Memorial Hall . . . — — Map (db m141341) HM WM
Erected In Memory of
Quinton Stockwell
and his wife
Abigail Bullard Stockwell
It was in their house, which stood on
this spot, that the Stockwells boarded
the Reverend Samuel Mather during the
earliest days of . . . — — Map (db m147359) HM
In Memory Of
Rev. Samuel Mather. M.A.
Pioneer Minister of Deerfield 1673 – 75.
Who lived in a house on this site.
Born at Dorchester, 1650. Graduated Harvard College 1671.
Married Hannah, Daughter of Governor Robert Treat
Of . . . — — Map (db m141956) HM
The Village of Deerfield is an old settlement on an ancient site.
The Mile-long street before you was originally a Native path. Ancestors of the Pocumtuck, an Algonquin people, lived here in their homeland for at least 8,000 years, travelling . . . — — Map (db m141346) HM
A special place designated by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs because it exemplifies the unique qualities of the Commonwealth. — — Map (db m2642) HM
A military commander during King Phillip's war. Capt. Turner was killed near here in a retreat after leading a massacre of Indians fishing at the Great Falls of the Conn. River in Gill on May 19, 1676. — — Map (db m51133) HM
Eunice Williams, wife of the Reverend John Williams "The Redeemed Captive," was killed at this place on March 1, 1704, during the Deerfield massacre. — — Map (db m29069) HM
An original industrial area of Greenfield and site of mills from 1784. In four story granite factory buildings built in 1830 woolens were made for union army during Civil War. Operations ceased in 1872 and factory burned in 1933. The bell tower . . . — — Map (db m65769) HM
Greenfield
erects this monument
in grateful honor to her
patriotic sons
who offered their lives
in suppressing the Great Rebellion
and for the preservation of the
National Union.
1861-5 — — Map (db m198091) WM
Attributed to Greenfield resident Asher Benjamin who here, in 1797 published first American architectural book, adapting English Georgian architecture to American styles and craftsmen. Became Greenfield Public Library in 1909. — — Map (db m59929) HM
Settled 1686 by Deerfield residents, incorporated 1753 & made county seat 1811. A major industrial & commercial center at crossroads of major North/South & East/West transportation routes. Home of first American cutlery factory & world's largest tap . . . — — Map (db m59927) HM
Site of the First Church of Hawley
Erected 1793
Reverend Jonathan Grout 1st Pastor
This memorial placed by the
sons and daughters of Hawley
August 10, 1935 — — Map (db m25876) HM
Here, enclosed by a stockade, the first settlement was made in 1673. Nine rods to the westward a fort was built in 1685 and eight rods southeast stood the Indians' Council Rock. — — Map (db m48015) HM
Two hundred and fifty yards eastward are the sites of three large Indian council fires. The Beers Massacre of September 4, 1675, took place in a gorge one-quarter mile to the northeast. — — Map (db m48780) HM
Philip, second son and successor of Massasoit, Sachem of the Wampanoag, camped on this hill during the winter of 1675-6. The stump of a large look-out tree together with defence trenches are to be seen on top. — — Map (db m48778) HM
Nathaniel Dickinson lived here nineteen years in a fortified house but was scalped and killed by the Indians on April 15, 1747, at Pachaug Hill. — — Map (db m42634) HM
Used to hold stray farm animals until claimed by their owners. A fee was paid for their release. Most colonial towns had a pound; this is one of very few still standing. — — Map (db m73551) HM
Site of First Permanent Settlement in Shelburne, Mass. 1760 Martin Severance 1718 - 1810 Scout in French and Indian Wars Scout with Rogers Rangers Revolutionary soldier Marked by Dorothy Quincy Hancock Chapter, Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m59639) HM
Erected August
1838
—
On this Ground Capt. Thomas Lathrop and eighty four men under his command, including eighteen
teamsters from Deer field, conveying stores from that town to Hadley, were ambuscaded by about
700 . . . — — Map (db m37542) HM
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find that it is latched to everything else in the Universe.” John Muir
Biological diversity, or biodiversity, makes life on Earth possible. The soil where our food grows, the air we . . . — — Map (db m65767) HM
“Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are now strangely silent, where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song” Silent . . . — — Map (db m65766) HM
Following an instinct many thousands of years old, millions of ducks and geese fly south every autumn. Waterfowl finds overwintering habitat in the southern United States, Mexico, and Central and South America. As spring arrives, the birds return to . . . — — Map (db m65764) HM
