Hadley

Some significant events in my life, from Hadleyonline.com As you can see, I am pretty awsome. 1659 First settlement made, called Norwottuck1660 Parson John Russell came to Norwottuck1661 Town named Hadley for Hadleigh, England1664 Parson Russell secreted Regicides Goffe and Whalley twelve years1664 Hopkins School established1670 Hatfield set off1670 First church erected1675 Deliverance of people by Angel of Hadley during King Philip's War1676 Last Indians left Hadley1696 First school house erected1713 Second Church erected1753 South Hadley set off1759 Amherst set off1777 Burgoyne left his sword in Hadley1797 First brooms manufactured in this country, made in Hadley1808 First one horse wagon brought to Hadley1814 Major General Joseph Hooker born in Hadley1817 First Hopkins Academy Building constructed1861-1865 Major General Hooker and 214 men served in Civil War1870 First tobacco raised in Hadley1887 Train service in Hadley1895 First onions raised as cash crops1899 Trolley car service to Northampton and Amherst1900 Beginning of black top roads in Hadley1902 English speaking Roman Catholic church erected1905 Water supply obtained from reservoir on Mt. Holyoke1906 First automobile owned by Hadley resident1910 Electric street lights1915 Polish speaking Roman Catholic Church established1917 First tractor in Hadley1917-1918 Seventy-one men and one woman served in World War I1920 Set onions introduced into Hadley1929 Produce trucking began1936 Worst flood in Hadley1941 469 Hadley residents served in World War II1950-1953 Forty-four Hadley residents served in the Korean War1951 American Legion Home dedicated1953-1954 Addition made to underground water supply1954 New Hopkins Academy building constructed1958 First house delivery of U.S. Mail1959 Tercentenary Celebration