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Site Map - Navigating our main sites and their branches

Click here New site map for the Quaboag Plantation Section only, includes Planter's biographies

What's New:  Recent additions and updates

"A History of West Brookfield 1675-1990" - Information on "The Book"

Current Events

• Home - Our Home Page will list a Town current event

• West Brookfield Event List for 2010 - Quaboag Plantation's 350th Celebration

About Us:  

• Information about the WBHC

Biographies:

• Biographies main page & Our Historical Birthday or Remembrance for the Month
• Emerson H. Bullard - Civil War soldier
• Daniel H. Chamberlain - former statesman & Governor of South Carolina
• Jedediah Foster - our most famous statesmen
• Philip Goss - early settler
• Alanson Hamilton - G. A. R. Post #160 named after him
• The Haymakers - killed by the Indians
• Josiah Henshaw - Revolutionary War soldier & a Minuteman
• Stephen Jennings - early settler
• Diederik Leertouwer - the legend of asparagus & W. B.
• Albert W. Livermore - Civil War soldier
• Joseph Marks - Mark's Hill
• Charles Merriam - co-founder of G. & C. Merriam Co. (now Merriam-Webster, Inc.)
• Augustus N. Potter - Civil War soldier
• Edward U. Prouty - Civil War soldier - MWIA, Battle of Gettysburg, Day 2
• Lucy Stone - campaigned for woman's rights
• Justus C. Wellington - Civil War soldier - KIA, Battle of Antietam
• Edwin Wilbur - Civil War soldier

Miscellaneous:  

• Miscellaneous main page  & Our Highlight in History for the Month

• Boston Post Cane - latest recipients in W.B. & history of the cane

• Community Profile - short profile of West Brookfield

• Early Timeline - Quaboag Plantation's early history

• Guess Who's 200? - Merriam-Gilbert Library

• History of Asparagus - Legend of Leertouwer and asparagus in W.B.

• National Register of Historic Places - West Brookfield's list

• Quaboag Historical Society - Society history & goals

• Scenic Roads - List of roads designated as "Scenic" in West Brookfield

• Tidbits - Interesting facts

• The Great Hall - inside our Town Hall

• The Old Indian Cemetery - detailed information on the cemetery

• The Ten Footers - what were they?

King Philip's War:

• King Philip's War main page

• Fortified House - Historical map of sites

• 'Siege of Brookfield' - excerpt from "The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict" by Eric Schultz & Michael Tougias

• Origins of War - What led to King Philip's War?

• Biography of King Philip - short personal history on the life of Philip

• King Philip's War Club - photo & description

• Photos of Sites - historical markers on Foster Hill

• The Indians - Other Indians and Colonial boundaries, photo of Niantic-Narraganset warrior, c. 1670                              The Nipmuc - our area Indians during this time period

• Benjamin Church's Group - Colonel Benjamin Church's role in King Philip's War

Historical Sites

• Foster Hill main page
  • Historical map - sites on Foster Hill
  • Plantation Burial Ground - photo of marker
  • Foster home site - photo of old home site
  • Town Pound
  • Whitefield Rock - scroll down to photo
  • Quaboag Plantation - sites 3, 4, & 5
• Ben Franklin Milestones
• Boston Post Road
• Fort Gilbert - photo of marker
• Haymakers Monument - photo of monument
• Methodist Cemetery
• Old Indian Cemetery   (one page)
• Old Indian Cemetery - detailed information on the Cemetery, plus burials
• Old Paths, Trails and Roads - plus the Ben Franklin milestones
• Railroad Station - now the Q H S Museum
• Rock House
• Town Pound
• West Brookfield Center Historic District plus the Railroad District
• Wickaboag Valley Historic District
• Historic Quaboag Plantation Map

Links

• Links to other sites of interest

Our Soldiers:

• Our Soldiers main page - West Brookfield Soldiers in:
• King Philip's War     
• French & Indian Wars
  • Soldiers buried in the Old Indian Cemetery
• Revolutionary War
  • Soldiers buried in Pine Grove Cemetery
  • Soldiers buried in the Old Indian Cemetery
• War of 1812
• Civil War
  • Roll of Honor for all West Brookfield Soldiers   
  • Profiles of the Soldiers listed on our Civil War Monument
    • Civil War Soldiers not listed on the Monument - but credited to West Brookfield
    • Civil War Soldiers Buried in West Brookfield
  • GAR Post 160 - After the War
  • 15th at Antietam &  West Brookfield Soldiers who lost their lives in this battle & their biographies
  • 15th at Antietam &  the list of all Brookfield casualties 
  • 15th at Gettysburg, Day 2 & 3 - our soldier who lost his life on Day 2
  • 15th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment - information on Co. F from the Brookfields
  • 15th Infantry Roster - Our soldiers in the 15th Regiment   
  • A Letter Home from the Civil War - one of West Brookfield's soldiers writes to a friend
  • Rededication - Civil War Monument on the Common 
  • Living History Encampment - on our Common by the 15th Regiment Re-enactors
  • The 34th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment - information on the 34th Regiment
  • WB 34th Infantry Roster - our soldiers who served in the 34th Regiment
  • 34th at New Market, VA. - and its other Battles

Walking Tour:

• Brochure listing 9 Center Historic District sites  -  Print the brochure without the graphics

Copyright © 2001 West Brookfield Historical Commission
Updated March 22, 2010