What's New

On What's New we'll announce the most recent additions and updates to our website. If you have visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here. We have added Current Events to the bottom of our "Home Page" for upcoming West Brookfield events and a Site Map to help you navigate our original pages and a Quaboag Plantation Section Site Map          

Quaboag Plantation 350th Anniversary 2010 -  West Brookfield Event List for 2010

• September 2010
• Current Events - on our Home Page   updated Sept. 1, 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet King Philip  updated Sept. 1, 2010
• Saturday, September 18, 2010, List of Events to take place on Foster Hill    new August 30, 2010
• Sunday, September 19, 2010, 350th Parade, Start time 12:00 Noon from W.B. Elementary School  new Aug 30
• For the Month of September - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Sept. 1, 2010
• August 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet James Hovey, son of Daniel, killed on Aug 2, 1675 at the Siege of Brookfield. We have received this narrative 'Life on the Frontier' from a direct descendant of James. This is his story. Thank you, Dwight.  new August 5, 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet the brothers, Sampson and Joseph Robin, the Nipmuc Indian Interpreters whose bravery and quick thinking saved the English troopers under Capt. Wheeler from annihilation, & George Memecho.  new August 1, 2010
• For the Month of August - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated August 1, 2010
• July 2010
• Current Events - on our Home Page   updated July 8, 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet Samuel Ayres & the Family of John Ayres   new July 1, 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet Muttawmp, Sachem of Quaboag   new July 1, 2010
• For the Month of July - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated July 1, 2010
• June 2010
• Current Events - on our Home Page   updated June 21, 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet the English & the Nipmuc Interpreters   new June 1, 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - The Retreat & the Siege   new June 1, 2010
• For the Month of June - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated June 1, 2010
• Boston Post Cane    updated June 2, 2010
• May 2010
• Current Events - on our Home Page, Croquet Social & Banjo & Fiddle Contest  updated May 19, 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - The Tide Turns   new May 1, 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Capt. Wheeler's Narrative - Wheeler's Surprise   new May 1, 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - The Origins of War  new May 4, 2010
• Diederik Leertouwer and the Asparagus Festival   updated May 1, 2010
• For the Month of May - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated May 1, 2010
• April 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - A Brief History of the Beginning of Quaboag Plantation  new Apr 6, 2010
• About Lucy Stone - Remembering The Commonwealth has designated March 8th as Lucy Stone Day. Check our Current Event  updated Apr 1, 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation" - The Quaboag  This local tribe was one of three (Quaboag, Nashaway and Nipmuck), which together were generally spoken of as the Nipnets or “Fresh Water Indians.”
• For the Month of April - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Apr 1, 2010
• March 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation"- The Indians of King Philip's War & the Colonial Boundaries  updated Mar 1, 2010
• For the Month of March - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Mar 1, 2010
• New on Miscellaneous - Then and Now, District #3 Schoolhouse    new Mar 1, 2010
• February 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation"- The First Burial Ground  new Feb 2, 2010
• "Quaboag Plantation"- John Pynchon, prime mover in the beginning of Quaboag Plantation  new Feb 2, 2010
• For the Month of February - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Feb 1, 2010
• January 2010
• 350th upcoming events for 2010 - West Brookfield Event List for 2010  new Jan 1, 2010
• Current Events  Click Here  & Scroll down
• "A History of West Brookfield 1675-1990" - Information on "The Book"  updated Jan 1, 2010
• For the Month of January - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Jan 1, 2010
• December 2009
• Current Events for Our White Christmas Celebration   Click Here  & Scroll down
• For the Month of December - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Dec 2, 2009
• November 2009
• A look at the cover of "A History of West Brookfield 1675-1990".   new Nov 21, 2009
• More details of "The Book" - Quaboag Plantation Current News   new Nov 21, 2009
• Current Events for November - Click Here  & Scroll down,  "A History of West Brookfield" - The Book is printed and here. Check Current Events for the dates of the book signings at the Library.  new Nov 1, 2009.
• For the Month of November - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Nov 1, 2009
• October 2009
• For the Month of October - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Oct 4, 2009
• September 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation" We finished the biographies of the Quaboag Planters. To read their biographies click HERE
• For the Month of September- Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Sep 1, 2009
• August 2009
• Current Event for August - Click Here & Scroll down
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet The Pokanoket of the Wampanoag Nation   new Aug 2, 2009
• For the Month of August- Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Aug 2, 2009
• July 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet Rev. John Younglove    new Jul 1, 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Rev. John Younglove's Family   new Jul 1, 2009
• For the Month of July- Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Jul 1, 2009
• June 2009
• Current Event for June - Click Here & Scroll down  
• For the Month of June - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Jun 2, 2009
• May 2009
• Current Event for May - Click Here & Scroll down   new May 1, 2009
• For the Month of May - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated May1, 2009
• Diederik Leertouwer and Asparagus in New England - Meet Diederik Leertouwer    updated May 1, 2009
• April 2009
• For the Month of April - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Apr 2, 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet Richard Coy new Apr 2, 2009
• March 2009
• For the Month of March - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Mar 2, 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet John Warner , "the Father of Quaboag"   new Mar 2, 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet Samuel Warner   new Mar 2, 2009    
• "Quaboag Plantation" - John Warner's Family   new Mar 2, 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Samuel Warner's Family   new Mar 2, 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation" - Meet  John Jr., Mark & Nathaniel Warner   new Mar 4, 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation" - An upcoming event on Current News
• February 2009
• For the Month of February - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Feb 2, 2009
• January 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation"  - Clothing & Food of the Planters   new Jan 3. 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation"  - Meet Thomas & Samuel Kent   new Jan 1, 2009
• "Quaboag Plantation"  - Samuel Kent's Family  &  Thomas Kent's Family   new Jan 1, 2009
• Added to "Quaboag Plantation" a new page called Current News. This will be an update on some of the news and events that have taken place or will take place for the Quaboag Plantation Anniversary in 2010.  new Jan 1, 2009
• For the Month of January - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Jan 1, 2009
• December 2008
• Check out our Current Event - click Here, scroll to bottom of page
• For the Month of December - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Dec 1, 2008
• November 2008
• "Quaboag Plantation Section" -  Meet Daniel Hovey  new Nov 14, 2008
• Biographies - added Edwin Wilbur  new Nov 3, 2008
• Edwin Wilbur added to our list of Civil War Soldiers Buried in West Brookfield, scroll to bottom of page  updated Nov 1, 2008
• For the Month of November - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Nov1, 2008
• October 2008
• "Quaboag Plantation Section" -  Meet Thomas Millett
• For the Month of October - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Oct 1, 2008
• September 2008
• "Quaboag Plantation Section"
• For the Month of September - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Sep 2, 2008
• August 2008
• "Quaboag Plantation Section" - William Prichard
• For the Month of August - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Aug 2, 2008
• July 2008
• Work continues on our new "Quaboag Plantation Section"
• For the Month of July - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Jul 1, 2008
• June 2008
• For the Month of June - Our Historical Remembrance on Biographies & Historical Highlights on Miscellaneous   updated Jun 2, 2008
• May 2008
• "Quaboag Plantation Section" - Thomas Wilson
• April 2008
• "Quaboag Plantation Section" - Thomas Parsons
• Profile of William L. Adams, MWIA at Antietam - updated March 25, 2008
• March 2008
• "Quaboag Plantation Section" - The Other Indians
• February 2008
• Quaboag Plantation - The beginning of our new series on the Quaboag Plantation, this is a work in progress, check  often to see what we have added - new Feb. 11, 2008
• January 2008
• Biography of Alanson Hamilton - new Jan 20, 2008
• G. A. R. Post #160 - updated Jan 9, 2008
• December 2007
• Profile of Edward U. Prouty, MWIA at Gettysburg - new Dec 3, 2007
• November 2007
• Quaboag Historical Society - updated Nov 13, 2007
• Our Current Event listed on our home page - updated Nov 2, 2007
• September 2007
• Site Map - to help you navigate our main sites (home page) and their branches  new Sep 16, 2007
• July 2007
• The Old Indian Cemetery - detailed information on the Cemetery  new July 14, 2007
• June 2007
• Biographies   updated June 23, 2007
• The Indians   the other Indians in King Philip's War  new June 12, 2007
• The Railroad District - Expansion of Center Historic District   new June 12, 2007
• The Great Hall on our Miscellaneous page  new June 2, 2007
• May 2007
• Old Paths and Roads   updated May 29, 2007
• French & Indian Wars   updated May 16, 2007
• Profile of Augustus Potter of the 15th   new May 7, 2007
• A letter from the Civil War   new May 1, 2007
• Rededication of Civil War Monument   new May 1, 2007
• April 2007
• 1675, Defending the Frontier - Benjamin Church’s Company visited West Brookfield, information on King Philip's War   updated Apr 23, 2007
• West Brookfield Soldiers at the Battle of Antietam - KIA or MWIA  new Apr 24, 2007
• Brookfield Casualties at the Battle of Antietam    new Apr 24, 2007
• Profiles of Adams, Livermore, Vanever, MWIA at Battle of Antietam  new Apr 28, 2007
• Profile of Justus C. Wellington, KIA at Antietam, his photo and his Casualty Report   new April 30, 2007
• Battle of Gettysburg, Day 2 & 3   updated Apr 28, 2007
• Roll of Honor for West Brookfield's Soldiers   updated Apr 28, 2007
• Quaboag Historical Society   updated April 30, 2007
• Boston Post Cane - Honoring Oldest citizen of West Brookfield  updated Apr 30, 2007
• Fall 2006
• Guess who's 200 - Charles Merriam and the Gilbert-Merriam Library  New Oct 25, 2006
• 2006
• The Early Nipmuc - customs, homes, etc
• Biographies - Early settlers
• Community Profile
• The Early Timeline of the Quaboag Plantation
• Photos of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Reenactment Group at their Living History on Town Common. Check the connection to West Brookfield in the Civil War.
• Haymakers' Biographies - Profiles of the six Haymakers
• Haymakers' Monument - Old Indian Cemetery, honoring the six men massacred while haying near the river. Cornerstone for Courage article on Stephen Jennings.
• King Philip's War - An excellent excerpt Siege of Brookfield from the book "King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict" by Eric B. Schultz and Michael J. Tougias. The Biography of King Philip and Origins of War
•  indexnew   worksheet
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