Historical Markers and War Memorials in Northfield, Massachusetts
Greenfield is the county seat for Franklin County
Northfield is in Franklin County
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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
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
Civil War
Veterans
of
Northfield, Ma
1861 - 1865
Andrew J Ames ★ •
Silas W Bailey •
Richard D Battles ★ •
Jonathan H Blake •
Loren C Boyden •
Charles C Brewer •
Elhanan J Britt •
McKenzie B Britt ★ . . . — — Map (db m231044) WM
In honor of the
citizens of Northfield
who served in the World War
Lester C. Abbott •
Fred C. Aldrich •
Harland F. Atwood •
Roger M. Ayers •
Charles E. Baxter, Jr. •
Harold F. Bigelow •
William W. Bigelow •
John J. . . . — — Map (db m231038) WM
