Springfield Memories: Odds and Ends of Anecdote and Early Doings, Gathered from Manuscripts, Pamphlets, and Aged Residents (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Springfield Memories: Odds and Ends of Anecdote and Early Doings, Gathered From Manuscripts, Pamphlets, and Aged Residents The visitor to the village of Springfield, in 1776, standing at the corner of Main street and Ferry lane (Cypress street) - at that time the business center - would have in view, down the west side of the street, most of its one hundred and seventy-five houses, and the solitary church spire, with pasture land running back to the river. On the east side were a mountain brook, a narrow strip of wet grass land, ("hasseky marish") - as often a pond as a meadow - and an elm and oak-fringed forest of pine, rising into a broad plateau. To the right, on the narrow vista of river, could be seen the ferryman's flat scow, "set over with poles, " either bringing grain and hay from West Springfield, or taking back groceries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.