by creocoding | Mar 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Spring 2017 edition of Historical Notes, the newsletter of the Colrain Historical Society, was mailed in late March. Click here for a PDF version. Click on the photos below to view a larger image.
by creocoding | Dec 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Come join us for the Home for the Holidays fundraising auction and dinner for Colrain’s Griswold Memorial Library and Historical Society this Saturday, Dec 3 at the Colrain Community Church! Start with the pork roast dinner by Sharon Call (reserve tickets at...
by creocoding | Nov 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Auction item: creative re-use of cast-offs which find new life as a stylish table lamp. One of a kind by Kevin French of Colrain. The Colrain Historical Society joins the Friends of the Griswold Memorial Library in this bi-annual benefit dinner and auction. Saturday,...
by creocoding | Oct 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
The trolley bus tour was seen Saturday afternoon at two sites in Colrain that were stops on the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway route in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Trolley bus tour departing the former site of the Hillside Park, a...
by creocoding | Sep 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Thurs. Oct. 13 – Talk – The Story of the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway Opening in 1896 to carry passengers and freight, the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway changed lives and businesses in the two towns until the coming of the automobile...
by creocoding | Sep 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Colrain, 1896: A Snapshot” will be the topic of the next Colrain Historical Society program Thursday, September 8. With old photos, anecdotes and narrative, Belden Merims will describe life in the town before the coming of the Colrain-Shelburne Falls trolley that...