On the Road in North Quabbin: Historian J.R. Greene

On the Road in North Quabbin: Historian J.R. Greene

The Quabbin Reservoir defines the North Quabbin region, from which it takes its name. Athol resident J.R. Greene, a local historian and the author of 16 books on the Quabbin, tells us the history of how the Quabbin came to be and why that piece of state history is...
Adams Town History

Adams Town History

Tucked into the northernmost corner of the Berkshires and minutes from the borders of New York and Vermont, the town of Adams, Massachusetts has a surprisingly rich and colorful history. With ties to luminaries such as President William McKinley and Susan B. Anthony,...
Springfield Armory Clock Tower

Springfield Armory Clock Tower

Springfield Armory National Historic Park Superintendent James Woolsey and Wayne Phaneuf, from the Board of Directors of the Springfield Armory Alliance, discuss plans to repair the old clock in the tower of the Springfield Armory building. Springfield Armory National...

Howes Brothers Photography

The Howes Brothers Alvah, Walter, and George, traveled the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts taking photographs of the residents, documenting pictorially the customs, fashions, architecture, industry, technology, and economic conditions of rural New England at the turn...

Author John Hamilton

John Hamilton is the former Director of the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, MA and former Director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Society in Springfield. He also co-authored a three volume set of books on the Wesson...

October Mountain, Part 1

Alec Gillman of the DCR and folklorist Joe Durwin explain the colorful history of the Berkshires’ October Mountain, and its transformation from a private estate and nature preserve into the largest state forest in Massachusetts. October Mountain State...