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The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Agawam, Massachusetts. Pages in category "People from Agawam, Massachusetts" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Agawam is one of thirteen Massachusetts municipalities that have applied for, and been granted, city forms of government but wish to retain "The town of" in their official names. [22] Agawam adopted a city form of government effective January 1, 1973, comprising a 15-member city council and a town manager.
Land of the beautiful waters, eastern Essex County, Massachusetts. The northern border is the Merrimack River, shown center. The southern border is Cape Ann, shown to the south. The Agawam were an Algonquian Native American people inhabiting the coast of New England encountered by English colonists who arrived in the early 17th century. [1]
The Agawam, as well as other groups, belong the larger cultural category of Alongkian Indians. In 1634, Dutch traders triggered a devastating smallpox epidemic in among the region's Native people. [8] Governor Bradford of Massachusetts writes that in Windsor (the site of the Dutch trading post), "of 1,000 of [the Indians] 150 of them died."
At about the time of King Philip's War eastern Essex County also endured a legal attack by the heirs of Captain John Mason, who, based on the Mason Grant of 1621, were claiming all of former Agawam. Masconomet's quitclaim was then registered and was duplicated in every village of eastern Essex County as the original deed of the rightful owner ...
The ride would have cost the park $7.5 million in exchange for bringing $280,000 in taxes for the state of Massachusetts. The cancellation angered the city of Agawam, which stated that issues with the ride were not evident. [18] The park then announced the new "Glow in the Park Parade". On November 8, 2008, the Town of Agawam allowed Six Flags ...
Wenham (/ ˈ w ɛ n ə m /) is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts.The population was 4,979 at the time of the 2020 census. [1]The town of Wenham was settled in 1635 and incorporated in 1643.
Agawam's center began to take shape in the early years of the 18th century. By 1750 the town center lay on one of the main roads connecting Northampton to Hartford, Connecticut, and the area became a significant rest stop along the way. It received significant development in the 1790s when the road was more formally laid out, private homes ...